I'm using a Galaxy S3 SGH-l74M
Canadian Bell is my carrier, but it's an unlocked Rogers phone (not sure if this makes a difference)
Rooted using stock Android 4.1.1
I like everything about Touchwiz other than the grid size. I want 5 columns of icons instead of 4. I know some roms can do this, I found one, but it looked nothing like the stock touchwiz I have now (looked like my Nexus 7 tablet)
I know I can use Nova or Apex and have in the past, but there's things about them I don't care for. I've searched threads, but it took me 2 days to get my phone back to this state and I don't want to mess it up again.
Can anyone advise me what rom I should use that is closest to the stock one I have now, that will allow me to show 5 columns of icons?
try wanamlite
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Try Android Revolution HD.
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Try Android Revolution HD.
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I use it also and it's for me the best one, same interface but smoother and faster!
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k4po said:
I use it also and it's for me the best one, same interface but smoother and faster!
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Yes and imho also great batterylife with Perseus kernel.
Have you tried this mod
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Okay. So I'm working with others on getting our devices in tablet mode. I've gotten far enough to hare with you guys. Only some apps are in tablet mode. gapps and su etc.... so basically you must be running CM9 ( haven't flashed AOKP to try it yet) and you CANNOT HAVE NAVIGATION BAR! When I figure out how to get the bottom status bar with ics buttons ill let you all know
Now what you need to do is download LCD Density Modifier ( or root explorer just need access to LCD density)
Change it to anything between 129-160, reboot and viola. You'll have the SEMI-Tablet mode.
This is my first thread. If I'm leaving important info out please let me know. Enjoy your 5in tablet.
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Thanks to @Tnsrua2000 for developing this. ---- http://www.mediafire.com/?x7ndy4p9yx4e7ly
Download, wipe data factory reset, flash via cwm
It's wonderful. I believe sgp's should come stock with tablet ui
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Nice job so far. About the AOKP rom, I have it on my INTL device and I'm sorta getting semi tablet mode.
And what's the diff between 128 and 129 dpi? Will there be more tablet-like functions with 128 dpi? I have 129 right now and I'm getting some apps functioning with system UI intact.
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Nice job so far. About the AOKP rom, I have it on my INTL device and I'm sorta getting semi tablet mode.
And what's the diff between 128 and 129 dpi? Will there be more tablet-like functions with 128 dpi? I have 129 right now and I'm getting some apps functioning with system UI intact.
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I can't do the AOKP ROM it has too many bugs. And I didn't check with the 129 DPI? If you have the same amount of apps functioning I'll change it to 129 in the OP.
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E verything is small even the keyboard i cant write. one word correct in the cirst shot.
I think i will turn it ba k to my previous resulution
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Try a systemui.apk from a tablet rom and maybe the status bar will be back
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kfirbep said:
E verything is small even the keyboard i cant write. one word correct in the cirst shot.
I think i will turn it ba k to my previous resulution
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Your keyboard is suppose to be the normal size? Mine didn't change
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Jayydude_SGP said:
Your keyboard is suppose to be the normal size? Mine didn't change
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Same. I think you went a bit too far in changing your dpi or you made a technical problem in between.
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JackpotClavin said:
Try a systemui.apk from a tablet rom and maybe the status bar will be back
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A friend if mine noticed that there wasn't a difference between 129 dpi and 128 dpi. I knew on 129 it didn't fc but didn't notice that it worked just as well as 128 I was going to direct you to a thread this guy gave me instructions on how to mod the apex launcher so that when we get the bottom status bar it would look good. He modded it for the nexus but their dpi is set to 192. And I'm not good enough at dev'ing to mod it. So can you take a look and give it a shot?
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A friend if mine noticed that there wasn't a difference between 129 dpi and 128 dpi. I knew on 129 it didn't fc but didn't notice that it worked just as well as 128 I was going to direct you to a thread this guy gave me instructions on how to mod the apex launcher so that when we get the bottom status bar it would look good. He modded it for the nexus but their dpi is set to 192. And I'm not good enough at dev'ing to mod it. So can you take a look and give it a shot? And will me pulling the systemui.apk from a tablet ROM give us the bottom status bar with the ICS buttons?
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[EDIT] here's what he told me
jay,
couldn't do it blind anyway, hacking smali was more like trial and error. i sat one night and adb-pushed countless of times to see if changes were reflected or not. you'll be better off grabbing apktool (1-2 pages before you'll find a working version), learning dalvik-opcode basics and just hack it.
what i did was:
1. find everything that contains "density" and hardcode it. you'll be looking out for displaymetrics api's. density is a float, look up the manual and calculate it. make sure you encode it properly, use an IEEE 754 converter. denditydpi is an int which can be either 160, 240 or 320. scaleddensity, same as density.
2. half of the app drawer will be wasted. i had to kill a switch somehere to help it, but i dont find it because i trashed the rewritten smali by accident and my comments are gone. i studied the original launcher2 java code to find it. not so important for now.
3. you'll get the dock back by changing launcher.xml in the res files. take the original one and copy it over the one in the dpi600 folder. port and landscape need different implementations.
4. all the relevant sizes and styles were in dpi600.
im sorry it's such a mess. a real dev would have written down the pieces of code to change but im a newb and that's all that i can offer you.
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I set mine to 120 and it switched for me
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cleve321 said:
I set mine to 120 and it switched for me
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How do you see anything with it set to that lol
cleve321 said:
I set mine to 120 and it switched for me
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You got the bottom status bar and everything?????
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Rueben_ said:
How do you see anything with it set to that lol
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Lol i couldnt it was hard
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You got the bottom status bar and everything?????
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I had it for an hour till my player soft brickes itself idk how tho
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I had it for an hour till my player soft brickes itself idk how tho
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What setup did u do? I'm on 120 dpi on AOKP and I can't see the bottom status bar.
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I don't remember because I just play around with the setting testing things
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I don't remember because I just play around with the setting testing things
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Well that helps :sarcasm: Tablet mode doesn't trigger just by changing the DPI. The systemui.apk fc's on boot. Unless your on AOKP. I'd use that ROM but it isn't available for the US YP-G70....
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Jayydude_SGP said:
Well that helps :sarcasm: Tablet mode doesn't trigger just by changing the DPI. The systemui.apk fc's on boot. Unless your on AOKP. I'd use that ROM but it isn't available for the US YP-G70....
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System UI on AOKP does FC on boot the same way as AOSP when below 129 dpi.
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System UI on AOKP does FC on boot the same way as AOSP when below 129 dpi.
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Did you have YouTube 3D and all the other tablet UI apps?
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Did you have YouTube 3D and all the other tablet UI apps?
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Not when I tested it. Had the same number of tablet apps as u, such as Google Play Store, Books, Music, Peoples App etc.
Switched back now to CM9 though
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I am thinking if I rip a systemui.apk from an ICS tablet ROM and replace mine it will work. Are you willing to test it?
So I have been using Apex lately but want to know which one everyone prefers and why
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I really dont see that big of a difference between the two.
Honestly, apex. It has features in the free version that you have to pay for in Nova. I like the app drawer setting to hide apps from the drawer. It seemed smoother for me too. I put apex, nova, trebuche and miui launchers through the paces and I found apex to be the best. If miui launcher wasn't so buggy, I'd use that but yea. I use apex on miui and cm9
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You can always try this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577123
Its actually pretty nice. Features arent all there, but still nice for a simple launcher.
Apex because of the options and customizing I can do with it.
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Yeah I prefer apex too, just a better experience overall than nova. I've got the paid version but as mentioned before if you're going for free, apex is absolutely the way to go.
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RoyJ said:
Honestly, apex. It has features in the free version that you have to pay for in Nova. I like the app drawer setting to hide apps from the drawer. It seemed smoother for me too. I put apex, nova, trebuche and miui launchers through the paces and I found apex to be the best. If miui launcher wasn't so buggy, I'd use that but yea. I use apex on miui and cm9
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I agree with everything you said and for the same reasons, 100%
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Isn't Apex for ICS (4.0)? If so then why is this even in DX2 ?
I'm just saying...
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Anyone? :roll: I'm travelling this weekend and I would really like to carry my collection of addictive flash games with me
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Because CM9 and MIUI that we have are ICS albeit without the kernel
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Its too bad that the X2 is not on a nightly CM9 build schedule like the Nook Color. The CM9 trebuche launcher is getting better everyday and is almost on par with Apex now. Soon it will exceed in features, but we are stuck on an old build of CM9.
Can we not just grab the trebuchet launcher apk from a nightly and give it a try?
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Maximinus I said:
Can we not just grab the trebuchet launcher apk from a nightly and give it a try?
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Here is a link to one that is about 2 days old...I installed it and have not had any issues but then again its only been a few minutes if you want to try as well
http://www.mediafire.com/?pwozxjq0tu0nt1y
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Works like a charm for me and it seem smoother than before and has more options.
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I've used both apex pro and nova prime they are both really nice launchers but I like apex a little bit more !
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trafalger888 said:
Here is a link to one that is about 2 days old...I installed it and have not had any issues but then again its only been a few minutes if you want to try as well
http://www.mediafire.com/?pwozxjq0tu0nt1y
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Did you just install it like a normal app or did you replace the Trebuchet launcher in the system/app folder?
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Did you just install it like a normal app or did you replace the Trebuchet launcher in the system/app folder?
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When I installed it as normal it says this is a system app are you sure you want to replace blah blah blah
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trafalger888 said:
When I installed it as normal it says this is a system app are you sure you want to replace blah blah blah
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Ok, I'll do it that way then. Thanks. So this is a newer version from the nightlies?
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Ok, I'll do it that way then. Thanks. So this is a newer version from the nightlies?
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I found it in a thread that I can't find now to link you to I thought I had linked it when I posted it the first time....but yes it was pulled from a nightly a few days ago
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I found it in a thread that I can't find now to link you to I thought I had linked it when I posted it the first time....but yes it was pulled from a nightly a few days ago
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Cool. I installed it and all seems fine. I dont know what changes were made though. I've been using Apex but may switch to this since it is a system app and seems to runs faster.
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Cool. I installed it and all seems fine. I dont know what changes were made though. I've been using Apex but may switch to this since it is a system app and seems to runs faster.
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It is a lot smoother and more responsive in my opinion
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Hey guys, I just got my S3 (I9300) 2 weeks ago and I love it. Very fast. But the thing that concerns me is that sometimes when I'm scrolling through home screens in touchwiz i see micro stutters in the transitions (like semi-lag but not fully lag, hopefully you guys know what I mean).
Is this normal?
I'm a little worried..
I am on the LF2 firmware. Completely stock, haven't rooted or installed any custom ROMS.
Is it the redraw? Theres a fix for that
Or the wallpaper scrolling? Fix for that too
Use the search function. Its really helpful, as is google search
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Is it the redraw? Theres a fix for that
Or the wallpaper scrolling? Fix for that too
Use the search function. Its really helpful, as is google search
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No its not the redraw issue. It happens when i scroll between home screens.
On touchwiz?
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Yes on TW, you can not do much about this. there SOME sammy roms Foxhound is one with the right kernel that got rid of the micro stutter on TW
but its TW not the phone or Rom!!!
most other launchers do not have this problem.
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On touchwiz?
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Yes from touchwiz, the launcher that Samsung puts in.
Get nova or apex launcher
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Anyone else notice these micro stutters by moving through the home screens?
I just need to make sure this is not a faulty device/hardware issue.
Yes its the launcher mate. Seen this posted before.
As i said. Try nova launcher
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Never noticed any stutter on the home screen scrolling I'm using stock LFB rom with speedmod kernel.
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From my experience, every Android phone I have ever owned has had some degree of micro stuttering, and it has always bugged me. It's also interesting, because some people claim not to be able to perceive any stuttering, while others do, so it seems to be a very subjective matter.
I'm very happy to say, however, that the experimental builds of Jelly Bean have finally stopped 95% of this issue for me. I'm hopeful that once Samsung releases official Jelly Bean binaries we will see the remaining 5% gone too, but either way, I believe it is already smoother than any iOS device out there, which has generally been my baseline.
Edit: Changing launchers does help, but only on the home screen and app draw.
If you are using a live wallpaper try to change it as some LW are laggy.
Also try to check the services that are running in your background through setting-application manager. Maybe you have too many background processes
And lastly wait for jellybean update as this will make the UI interface super smooth cause by project butter of Google
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You just chose to NOT read my post about this huh.......lol
YES its a known issue with TW, but it can be ruduced/eliminated..........OR you can use another launcher.
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You just chose to NOT read my post about this huh.......lol
YES its a known issue with TW, but it can be ruduced/eliminated..........OR you can use another launcher.
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Haha they only read what they want to!
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the2rrell said:
You just chose to NOT read my post about this huh.......lol
YES its a known issue with TW, but it can be ruduced/eliminated..........OR you can use another launcher.
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It's no JUST TW. There is still some stuttering, even running CM9. Yes, the amount of stuttering is reduced, but the root cause is still at the heart of Android (pre JB anyway).
In all fairness you are right. But TW is the most noticeable, and moaned about lol
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It's no JUST TW. There is still some stuttering, even running CM9. Yes, the amount of stuttering is reduced, but the root cause is still at the heart of Android (pre JB anyway).
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LAG FREE Launcher (Promise) TSF Shell-----but its 15 bucks.
Even SPB shell runs damn smooth-----15 bucks
adw ex launcher, i had no lag - but i liked TW better
im on MiUi now, and again No Lag with the MiUi Launcher.
so yes i understand it happens, i saw the lag in Nova, and Apex, and Trabuchet ( or whatever )
im not saying your wrong, just pointing out that you DONT have to live with it and its NOT the hardware/phone....thats all i was getting at.
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im not saying your wrong, just pointing out that you DONT have to live with it and its NOT the hardware/phone....thats all i was getting at.
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Agreed, but the launcher is such a small aspect of the phone that it usually just annoyed me more, as it proved the hardware was capable, but that Android itself was slow!
Anyway, "project butter" has totally changed the experience, and will be a big draw card to iPhone users who were hesitant to switch in the past
Thank you all for your help!!
Hey All,
Now dont flame me or say I should have bought an IPhone as No way! but my wife is hopefully getting my S3 as I am getting the Note 2 and my query is:
What is a better way to make the S3 like an IPhone?? Install a Miui ROM or Miui Theme??
Thanks
Don't change Rom stay on stock change through theme app.
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d0hn said:
Why? U don't see your point, is it because of easier ui? I'll stay on stock jb you can change theme through go launcher or something similar to it.
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Yeah easier UI until I train her to use Android hehe
bunglebp said:
Hey All,
Now dont flame me or say I should have bought an IPhone as No way! but my wife is hopefully getting my S3 as I am getting the Note 2 and my query is:
What is a better way to make the S3 like an IPhone?? Install a Miui ROM or Miui Theme??
Thanks
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U can either choose a miui ROM or the miui launcher. In miui launcher only the launcher is affected but in ROM, all the screens get themed as in iPhone. The settings menu, notification etc etc. So anyways its your choice. Theme, u can readily download and use the phone in iphonish way by loading iPhone theme or u can completely change it using miui ROM plus iPhone theme. :thumbup:
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after recently flashing a custom stock room to my girlfriend's s2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41236531 I was surprised by the inclusion of extra lockscreens n was wondering how difficult it would be to port to one of our roms? I would have a go my self but my skills a limited to slight theme mods.
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after recently flashing a custom stock room to my girlfriend's s2 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41236531 I was surprised by the inclusion of extra lockscreens n was wondering how difficult it would be to port to one of our roms? I would have a go my self but my skills a limited to slight theme mods.
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Try alliance rom and you'll have those.
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thanks for pointing that out but unfortunately I have a n7105 so can't flash that rom. but have contacted the Dev about possibly getting a rom or even just the lock screen ported.
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widget locker i think has same lock , dont rememeber