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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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orate.cl said:
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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orate.cl said:
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.
Hello there everybody!
I'm looking to customize my Galaxy 5 a bit, just looking for some help on how to do a few things, just general stuff really, so here it goes;
I want to over-clock my phone, what CPU settings would you recommend? I want it as stable and fast as possible so what governor, minimum and maximum frequency would you guys recommend I use?
What is the best alternative home launcher? In your opinions and why do you think that? I like ADW but the App Drawer seems laggy when compared to the likes of Launcher Pro, but LauncherPro lacks customization options such as renaming applications your homescreen and changing the icons.
Where can I find a nice, high resolution, good quality wallpaper for my phone? Most wallpapers I find look rubbish on my phone.
What's the best alternative lockscreen application? I have played around with LockBot and Widgetlocker, just wondering what you guys think.
What Cyanogenmod Themes would you recommend, or where can I find some? On the CM7 G5 Theme thread there is only like 5 or 6 themes which I think are available for our phone, which sucks.
And if you have any other general tips/advice on how to make my G5 look clean and minimalistic then please let me know.
Thank you,
Curtis.
i'm currently using a min of 122 mhz and a maximum of 729 and it seems to be quite stable, i wouldn't recommend anything above that
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i'm currently using a min of 122 mhz and a maximum of 729 and it seems to be quite stable, i wouldn't recommend anything above that
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Id recomend min at 245
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CurtisAndroid5 said:
Hello there everybody!
I'm looking to customize my Galaxy 5 a bit, just looking for some help on how to do a few things, just general stuff really, so here it goes;
I want to over-clock my phone, what CPU settings would you recommend? I want it as stable and fast as possible so what governor, minimum and maximum frequency would you guys recommend I use?
What is the best alternative home launcher? In your opinions and why do you think that? I like ADW but the App Drawer seems laggy when compared to the likes of Launcher Pro, but LauncherPro lacks customization options such as renaming applications your homescreen and changing the icons.
Where can I find a nice, high resolution, good quality wallpaper for my phone? Most wallpapers I find look rubbish on my phone.
What's the best alternative lockscreen application? I have played around with LockBot and Widgetlocker, just wondering what you guys think.
What Cyanogenmod Themes would you recommend, or where can I find some? On the CM7 G5 Theme thread there is only like 5 or 6 themes which I think are available for our phone, which sucks.
And if you have any other general tips/advice on how to make my G5 look clean and minimalistic then please let me know.
Thank you,
Curtis.
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For overclocking, i'd recommend 710 max and 245 min on the 'performance' governor.
I still use the default ADW launcher that came w/CM7.1. it's all quite smooth except for the app drawer as u mentioned. i came up w/ a good solution to that - i keep all my most used apps on my home (i use all seven screens - the max).
For live wallpaper and theme, i use Ice Cream Sandwich(android 4.0) ports.
Currently, i have the MDPI ICS CM7 theme, which is the smoothest I've seen yet, and the ICS live wallpaper. they all go together.
Lockscreen - i tried WidgetLocker n magiclocker (didn't yet try lockbot). Even though magiclocker provides awesome features, it is not yet compatible with our G5's. Both lagged while compared to stock. as of now, i use stock slider with gestures, and it looks great.
I recommend that you use most of the stock CM7.1 lockscreen, launcher, etc. for optimum speed.
PS: if you try all the above out, and actually decide to keep them, take a word of advice- change all gesture trails and notification power widget colors to blue. Looks great.
Feel free to PM me if u need the .apk's for anything, I still have 'em all.
Thanks for the very nice reply! I'll get round to it whenever I can be bothered to turn my G5 on:3
i'd recommend min 245 and max 680 or 710 and if u want max performance use the performance governor xD but it has a high battery drain, i use smartassv2 and it's smooth too.
For the lockscreen i think that widgetlocker is the best app, i don't know other app completed like it
performance governor just runs the cpu at whatever the highest speed is it's no different from having both speeds set at 710
CM7 Best ROM till date
1. To increase performance use Ext Partition , it will help free up memory and boost performance.
2. Launcher ( I am using Go Launcher pretty Neat and clean and peppy fast)
3. Galaxy 5 support Live wallpapers , You will get Go Wallpapers with Go Launcher which are pretty good.
4. Optimum CPU Frequency as per my uses Min 245 and Max 604 getting pretty awsome quardent scores (1529)
My phone is running fine at the moment, but whenever I do many things at once it just slows down. Does anyone know any good tweaks or scripts and such to improve my speed My phone details are in my signature, and for V6 Supercharger I'm using Balanced 3. Plus for anyone using X Kernel, how do I change my phone processor to 1.2GHz?
Thanks
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My phone is running fine at the moment, but whenever I do many things at once it just slows down. Does anyone know any good tweaks or scripts and such to improve my speed My phone details are in my signature, and for V6 Supercharger I'm using Balanced 3. Plus for anyone using X Kernel, how do I change my phone processor to 1.2GHz?
Thanks
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For processor overclocking, I use SetCPU, check from market.
Also, uninstall unneeded apps, don't keep too many widgets at home screen.
Which launcher do you use? Some custom launcher give the option to keep launcher in memory, don't use it as available RAM is then always used by it.
I use Go Launcher and Balanced 3 for Supercharger
I have tried this on both my Razr ICS and my gf's Galaxy Note ICS and it works.
On both phones, they are pretty fast until you start to install stuff.
After applying these, the phone is much smoother even with around 200 user apps.
1) Use Autokiller memory optimisation, root needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autokiller&hl=en
This is a common method which android veterans already know, which is to change android's internal autokill values. This is not the same as task killers!
On both phones, I use "aggressive" preset.
For other tweaks like V8 supercharger, it's recommended values are closed to autokiller's "Extreme".
I added more tweaks to the post.
2) Turn on Force GPU rendering under developers mode. Most games and apps seem to work fine with it on.
3) Turn on background process limit to 4: I thought this is interesting (from JerseyFF) so I tried it out, seem good for daily use.
(update: after a while setting for this will revert to standard, there's no way to fix this yet)
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
VM heap size app no longer works after ICS update. If anyone knows how to fix that, please share.
Feel free to add any more tweaks or tips to make RAZR ICS better.
Is this at all somehow related to the Background Process Limit that is able to be set under Developer Options with ICS now?
It has a Standard Limit setting, No background processes, and At most 1 (through 4) processes for options.
Does anyone know what the value for Standard is?
In background process limit, it limits a number of background apps running, while the autokill values limit the number of bg apps running based on the amount of memory left, and killing off lower priority processes first.
The default values for background process limit is therefore "varies".
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Updated first post with more tweaks.
This is my favorite launcher. Smooth... I am using it since I got the RAZR.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nemustech.launcher
Nikorasu said:
I have tried this on both my Razr ICS and my gf's Galaxy Note ICS and it works.
On both phones, they are pretty fast until you start to install stuff.
After applying these, the phone is much smoother even with around 200 user apps.
1) Use Autokiller memory optimisation, root needed.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autokiller&hl=en
This is a common method which android veterans already know, which is to change android's internal autokill values. This is not the same as task killers!
On both phones, I use "aggressive" preset.
For other tweaks like V8 supercharger, it's recommended values are closed to autokiller's "Extreme".
I added more tweaks to the post.
2) Turn on Force GPU rendering under developers mode. Most games and apps seem to work fine with it on.
3) Turn on background process limit to 4: I thought this is interesting (from JerseyFF) so I tried it out, seem good for daily use.
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en
VM heap size app no longer works after ICS update. If anyone knows how to fix that, please share.
Feel free to add any more tweaks or tips to make RAZR ICS better.
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Wow the auto killer is quite the find! Sped up my phone allot. Still running quite hot though
Thanks!
Thanks for the info, I'll confirm that upon bootup after applying the Aggressive setting, I tried scrolling around the Motoblur homescreen and thought it was smoother. But then the Superuser allowance for Autokiller kicked in right in the middle of me scrolling around and I noticed quite a difference in scrolling speed, it just suddenly got faster and smoother and the framerate looked as if it had increased by about 5 FPS. I also did tweaks #2 and 3 as well, but I think Autokiller makes the biggest difference. A good find for sure!
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Wow the auto killer is quite the find! Sped up my phone allot. Still running quite hot though
Thanks!
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Use setcpu and create profiles to set cpu speed lower when screen off and when battery is overheating. There's a free, older ver on xda.
Also you can use juicedefender to make your 3g connection turn off when screen is off. This should also help keep your phone temp down when you're not using it. Note that it will turn itself on every few min to receive whatsapp, mms and emails etc. (not for whatsapp hoes)
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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Same here!
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e-drian said:
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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That's called redraw. Try using apex and there is an option for keeping the launcher in memory so it loads faster
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Nikorasu said:
4) Use Nova launcher. (root required for Motorola widgets)
The default launcher is smooth but it likes to reload every now and then (even with default autokill values). Tried Apex launcher but it's not as smooth as default launcher. Nova launcher is close to the default launcher which allow more tweaks and and yet it is buttery smooth. Do not update to beta though. I tried it and it's a lagfest.
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How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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Moto widgets only work on moto launcher
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aaatoel said:
How can you use Motorola widgets in Nova? I can't find this function.
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When I first installed Nova launcher, it asks for root access when going into widgets.
Try going to Nova settings ->Drawer-> Check Widgets in drawer (requires root permissions for system app)
Moto widgets like fav. contacts doesn't work well because I can't "pull down"... but it's there, including Motocast widget.
You may want to manually grant Nova launcher root access.
e-drian said:
Hi, thanks for your tips. I don't know what lag experience you experiment but I hope this works for my RAZR lags. What is happen to my RAZR is that when I enter to apps drawer, non of the icosns appear and instead the "loading circle" takes place until the apps appears. Also when I exit any app and go to home, none of the icons of widget appears, they take half second to reapper.
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Same here!
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This is why I'm using Nova launcher instead. There's a free version, do try it. It may still take a while to load the app drawer icons after playing a game, but the 'redraw' for Nova's desktop pages are pretty fast. I also liked how it switched to a tablet version when I'm using Webtop mode.
Do try Apex as well. I didn't like it as it felt laggy when I'm scrolling my desktop pages few months back. It may have improved now and many users are complimenting it. As for myself, I have already bought Nova Prime and I'm sticking to it.
Hi, I'm running the Verizon Galaxy Note2 JediX rom, overclocked 1.9ghz kernel with interactive governor, and I changed the dpi setting to 240 instead of 320. Like the way it looks, I already flashed all the zip files for touchwiz launcher, camera, calculator, dialer, and Samsung keyboard and they are all working great on this 240 setting. The only thing I'm not liking is that some of the the widgets don't stretch or resize across the whole screen (like the Google search widget is 4x1 and I need it to be 5x1 to fit across entire top of screen) this is really bothering me, if anyone else is OCD about the layout of their home screens, then you know how I feel. Does anyone know of a solution for this? A way to resize any widget I want?
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Hi, I'm running the Verizon Galaxy Note2 JediX rom, overclocked 1.9ghz kernel with interactive governor, and I changed the dpi setting to 240 instead of 320. Like the way it looks, I already flashed all the zip files for touchwiz launcher, camera, calculator, dialer, and Samsung keyboard and they are all working great on this 240 setting. The only thing I'm not liking is that some of the the widgets don't stretch or resize across the whole screen (like the Google search widget is 4x1 and I need it to be 5x1 to fit across entire top of screen) this is really bothering me, if anyone else is OCD about the layout of their home screens, then you know how I feel. Does anyone know of a solution for this? A way to resize any widget I want?
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Nova or Nova Prime Launcher allows you to resize widgets and overlap them.
Nova Prime and Apex paid version do what you want. Go launcher does it as well, but it doesn't run good on ICS or Jelly Bean. I'm sure there are many others but these are the ones I've used.
Sorry guys, I should have been more clear. I want to keep touchwiz launcher.i just want to be able to resize any widget any way I want in touchwiz. Is this possible?
negative.
what nunyazz said...also why are u overclocking at 1900? all that is doing is chewing thru your battery with very very I mean very little performance gain.
droidstyle said:
what nunyazz said...also why are u overclocking at 1900? all that is doing is chewing thru your battery with very very I mean very little performance gain.
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This is why. And my battery life is actually running great. Lol I asked for help with my widgets not my kernel sir.
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Hi, I'm running the Verizon Galaxy Note2 JediX rom, overclocked 1.9ghz kernel with interactive governor, and I changed the dpi setting to 240 instead of 320. Like the way it looks, I already flashed all the zip files for touchwiz launcher, camera, calculator, dialer, and Samsung keyboard and they are all working great on this 240 setting. The only thing I'm not liking is that some of the the widgets don't stretch or resize across the whole screen (like the Google search widget is 4x1 and I need it to be 5x1 to fit across entire top of screen) this is really bothering me, if anyone else is OCD about the layout of their home screens, then you know how I feel. Does anyone know of a solution for this? A way to resize any widget I want?
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How did you change your system dpi to 240?
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kpkacts238 said:
Hi, I'm running the Verizon Galaxy Note2 JediX rom, overclocked 1.9ghz kernel with interactive governor, and I changed the dpi setting to 240 instead of 320. Like the way it looks, I already flashed all the zip files for touchwiz launcher, camera, calculator, dialer, and Samsung keyboard and they are all working great on this 240 setting. The only thing I'm not liking is that some of the the widgets don't stretch or resize across the whole screen (like the Google search widget is 4x1 and I need it to be 5x1 to fit across entire top of screen) this is really bothering me, if anyone else is OCD about the layout of their home screens, then you know how I feel. Does anyone know of a solution for this? A way to resize any widget I want?
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Go custom ROM or go Apex Pro, Touchwiz Theme, Resize & Overlap Widgets in pro.... It's pretty damn close to being the same thing.
You can run the original Samsung keyboard in 240 as well without reinstalling the keyboard... change the resolution to 241
kpkacts238 said:
This is why. And my battery life is actually running great. Lol I asked for help with my widgets not my kernel sir.
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so your e penis is inflated over benchmarks?? my device scores 2100+ clocked at 1900 also, but i see very little performance gain from stock. fwiw i agreed with nunyazz post that stated "negative", which in turn should of answered your initial question. i then followed up with a general statement of advice to help your noobness.