Marko!s Mod list and Ideas
Dear NOOB,
first off welcome to the android family and welcome to the transformer prime. I have compiled a list below that will help you along the way to getting your TFP rooted and customized the way you want. i will also include an FAQ for some of the very new users. I hope you find this list helpful and informitive.
for almost everything below you NEED ROOT so check out those threads first.
SEE THIS THREAD !!!!!!!=======>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441138
Root/Unlock:
Root ICS + BusyBox INCLUDES LATEST UPDATE
Root HC
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ROMs:
N/A
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MODs:
Tweaks App
ViperControl OC to 1.5/1.6GHz
Kernel Modules
Install Ubuntu
Universal Drivers
VPN Support
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Themes:
ICS Buttons & quick panel
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feel free to PM me if something is missing
Transformer Prime DEV & Themes
Ideas suggestions and discussion
This is also a thread for everyone and anyone to give their ideas and input on what you would like to see on the prime. If you have a suggestion question or idea you can post it here and hopefully someone will be able to get it done. This can be themes (ports from other devices or new ones) or more technical mods. Please keep this thread clean and don't post ideas that you see in the list below, I will try and keep it as up to date as possible. Feel free to also post questions about the possibility of certain mods or your ideas .
If you see an idea here that has already been accomplished pm me and I will include links to all the mods, roms, features and themes. Hopefully this will become a very easy place to find everything you need
Suggestions:
Dev Ideas:
battery life improvements(obviously)
Battery settings fix for 3rd party apps
Kernel awesomeness : OC, wifi(5GHz)
Stylus mode(no palm detection)
Camera Quality
3D!
Remove SD notification
Remap keyboard shortcuts
Full USB support
Dual Boot
Native IDE
USB support
tether through dock
Gestures
web OS port
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THEMES:
Mint green
Windows
Futuristic
Cybertron
Star trek
All around transformers
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Ill hopefully keep this thread as updated as possible
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Im actually almost done porting that to my house phone. Shouldn't be to hard to get it running on the TP after that.
Herp derp
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marko! said:
Im actually almost done porting that to my house phone. Shouldn't be to hard to get it running on the TP after that.
Herp derp
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House phone:O?
This is what pops up in my head when you mix win8+house phone:
(No need to comment on my pro shopping skills)
mafiapanda said:
House phone:O?
This is what pops up in my head when you mix win8+house phone:
(No need to comment on my pro shopping skills)
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No comment .
A windows theme would be nice though
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I'd suggest you abandon this thread and base one in the Dev forum where the "iron fist" rules can apply.
IMO, this unmoderated sub-forum is going to have your thread go to hell ...
Heavily gesture based ICS!
Like a task switcher like on windows 8 swipe from bezel to screen to switch windows...
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curreyr said:
I'd suggest you abandon this thread and base one in the Dev forum where the "iron fist" rules can apply.
IMO, this unmoderated sub-forum is going to have your thread go to hell ...
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I agree but the same iron fist would keep this out of the dev section because there is no development happening.
If the mods feel like it should be in the dev then someone please move it
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Are you doing a pre or post ICS? For me, I will wait for ics to come out before rooting. Then ill play with ICS heavily before adding a ROM.
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
demandarin said:
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
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I'm sure that people will overclock it, but I don't think we need it at this point considering that even with stock, the TFP will likely annihilate anything currently out. It won't have to compete with any other tablets for a long time.
demandarin said:
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
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Many phone/tablet ROMS can already do this; all you have to do is hold the power button to bring up the menu.
demandarin said:
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
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Completely impractical. iOS is not open source like Android, and even ignoring Apple coming down on anyone that attempts to do it, the architecture for the two are completely different, so even emulating it isn't something that can be done. At the risk of exaggeration, building a rocket to the moon sounds more plausible.
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-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
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Someone will do it eventually, I think.
Suggestion or aquestion of viability since I have no idea what you can really do developing a rom.
Some sort of "stylus mode" where large touches from your palm don't get registered and mess up your writing for all those apps that using a stylus is nice but don't have palm recognition.
There's something i think fits both transformer tablets perfectly: A native android IDE. Developing for Android and testing it in the same tablet you're coding on the fly. No need for an additional device.
As far as ROMs go.... i still don't have the prime so i can't see what should be changed
+1 on the stylus mode.
usb support. I'll try to explain. whatever needs to happen to make the usb adapter work like a "real" usb port like on the Iconia A500. I wanna use flash drives and the remote control dSLR app to controll my camera. If that isn't already built into ICS.
Not too crazy on the tweaks. I've noticed the more tweaks in cooked roms the more custom problems there are.
Glad you're starting early.
demandarin said:
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
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NVM my last post.......what HE said....
tried to deodex the system, but im getting really wierd errors.. i htink its honeycomb related buttt.
Is it possible to have a four finger swipe function on the ROMs for the transformer to switch recent applications or to look at the recent apps like the iOS? i.e. As was previously asked gesture based OS would be pretty nice..
Also possibility of overclocking and undervolting, mainly the companion core for the background tasks which might improve the response further.. It is pretty good in comparison to old tablets from what the demos show but I guess bumping up the 500MHz 5th core could possibly help mundane tasks?
GPU improvements would be absolutely great- as previously mentioned..
Also perhaps a possibility of changing color saturation on the screen (in addition to the already present brightness- akin to settings on laptop GPUs)?
I see from a lot of demo photos in review sites that the camera gives a slightly reddish tinge to the photos- in comparison to the photos from Galaxy tab- it will be great to have some sort of a s/w fix to improve the quality..
As mentioned before, stylus mode would be very nice..
Possibly some sort of audio processing (like beats audio processing on the HTC sensation android revolution ROMS)..
i would say make a couple themes for it now but mainly study the ICS source code so that when it lands on the prime you can make the best ROM's possible and release them quicker. but im all for a windows 8 theme as long as it truly looks like windows 8 which im not sure if you can do without a launcher but i think windows 8 if it's good will finally convince me to switch from mac
demandarin said:
-Over clocking all 4 cores to 2ghz a piece, if possible. For some serious horse power to compete with newer tablets coming down the road. Of course needs to be stable or doesn't overheat n melt the device..lol
-some sort of uploader for native browser or even compatible with 3rd party browser. For ex. Safari on my iPad couldn't upload or download on stock setup. With jailbreak n Cydia, I have safari downloader, which enables download manager in native browser, and safari uploader. Which allows me to upload something thru the browser by accessing device files. Ex. I go to a site I need to upload resume. I just click on upload link on page, then it accesses my files. Then I search for resume, click on it , and proceed to upload.
-Some sort of futuristic theming around Transformer prime, movie or whatever. Completely changes the look up to a more high tech device.
-optimize and increase camera/video quality even more, if possible. I know it's already good, but could be a way to raise MP rating through software adjustments.
-an app like g power, available from Cydia for JB iPad. I double tap the top of screen(through activator) and it brings up quick menu to power down, reboot, or respring(if that applies to android). Or maybe just subtle gestures to access important features of device or apps.
-make skype and any other video chat apps that don't work with prime, work
-Tegra 3 supports 3d. Maybe make a way to enable 3D mode, with or without 3d glasses.
-see if any ways to optimize/beef up the gpu even more.
-maybe a way to download and install IOS tablet apps/games through an emulator or some other way. So we have access to even more apps, especially since IOS tablet only apps far outnumber androids.
-dual boot capabilities , possibly windows
-hack pad tool set..lmao
-a special feature, cybertron mode, that whenever Prime is in vicinity of an IOS device, we can disable and shut it down. Then we go over n show off how cool the prime is and enable that device to run run again. Showing that we can amd did, fix the device wirelessly or if you want it completely disabled for life, so be it.
Just throwing stuff out there, I'll update this post as I come up with more ideas.
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Rofl
Android already does almost all of those things, without hacks. Silly ios sheeple.....
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A transformer silhouettes or style theme (doesn't have to contain pictures of the primes or what not) or maybe a 2 tone theme of cybertron very stylized so it's clean and slick.
Excuse me if there are themes like this out already (regardless I would like to do so 2 tone art work) and I would like some old school transformer sound bytes in there for transitions. I'm envisioning more of a theme of what a computer UI would look like on cybertron or to a transformer and not just a generic cartoon theme. =)
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For those who have owned a Playstation and enjoy playing RPG games, then you might remember Final Fantasy 9. It didn't have as many mini-games as FF7, but it did have a fun card game to relax you from the main story line...if you were able to understand the fragmented manual .
In this version of TM, it uses the same features as the original plus more "manual included". If you haven't played the Playstation version, then you won't be missing much after playing this game.
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The game is still in progress, and thus lacking features, but they will be included in the future.
Requests are openly welcomed.
Prerequisite:
- WM 5/6 with a touch screen
- WVGA screen
To-Do by v1.0:
- General upgrades
- Level up your skill level [on hold]
- Intelligent AI (rather than random moves) [on hold]
To-Do by v2.0:
- MUSIC and sound effects
- Awards
- Ability to play the game in portrait or landscape
- Duel others "friends or random" through Bluetooth/ online
- Dueling Arena "multiple people join together for a prize"
- In-game texting between fellow friends/ duelers
- Rotation support with the GSensor
- PC app (so PC people can battle phone people)
Currently working on:
- Glitches and small fixes
- Options (audio, save game directory, auto-save duels, ...)
- Users (in-game enemies)
- Statistics
- Audio
Known Problems
- winning a duel while on practice mode doesn't work (stops after you win)
- Scrolling thought the save/load window is glitchy when there is more than 8 profiles
Updates:
v0.84 (5-26-11) Stable
[ save/ load ]
- Improved responsiveness between scrolling/ moving saved blocks
- Added a tint to the background when displaying pop-up windows (when saving/ loading)
- Upgraded the code for displaying the profiles. Should keep the loading time and memory usage to a minimum when opening multiple profiles.
[ choose duelers ]
- fixed glitch when flicking through possible duelers. (tried to scroll and choose a block)
- patched the glitch when starting to scroll the dueler blocks from outside the main window.
- fixed the problem where the chosen dueler numbers did not correctly update
- user can now choose any of the 5 duel choices
[ new user ]
- fixed problem where the current profile would be reset if attempted to make a new user
- a name (minimum 1 letter/ symbol) is now required when making a new profile
[ home page ]
- cheat option is re-enabled
- changed the duel button names
v0.83.2 (5-2-11) Stable
- fixed problems that "should" have been solved in v0.82.9
- added some loading screens when making/loading duelers (for aesthetics)
- fixed some problems caused by adding more resolutions
- changed how some buttons are displayed
v0.82.9 (12-18-10) {removed due to glitches}
- fixed some major glitches from 0.82.3 which crashed the game
- improved viewing action when choosing a card in the card viewer
- added ability to scroll duel choices
- fixed problem with seeing an empty file as having a profile
v0.74 (7-3-10)
- first public release
FAQ:
Q: Why did you make this game?
A: When playing FF9, I felt the mini-game wasn't made to its full potential. So instead of complaining, I took action and wrote up a updated version.
Q: How long did you have to play the game to know how it works?
A: Not much. Because of Trifthen having already went through the trouble of making a FAQ about the game, it took a large weight off my shoulders.
~ http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/197338-final-fantasy-ix/faqs/9671
Q: Porting
A, Platforms: As of now, the program is still not complete for the platform it is intended for. Android is a maybe, Droid is a maybe, iPhone is a no.
A, Game(s): Depends what game your requesting. Triple Triad is tentative to being added to the list.
After Tetra Master, I'm going to be playing with OpenGL and attempt to make a Sphere Break. I would LOVE to make a Blitzball port....but its still out of my skill reach.
Q: I found a bug/ problem
A: Awesome, post it somewhere in this thread or send me a pm. I'm on the pc quite often. Just remember to be detailed in where the problem happened and what you were doing before it happened "as much as you can recall". If the game crashes and you get an error, report it in the following way:
error message
at Tetra_Master.xxx.yyy1()
at Tetra_Master.xxx.yyy2()
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at Tetra_Master.xx
Error from Version: 0.00.0
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If the line after "at" does not contain "Tetra_Master", then don't bother typing it. I don't have any control over the system stuff, only the game functions. Also, the stuff between the parenthesis, don't bother typing that stuff. I know what the function is, its input variable is irrelevant to fixing the problem.
Q: I love this game, can I help?
A: At the moment, yes. I'm looking for a graphics designer for: making new creature images and some other small work. If you are interested, send me a pm and some work you've done. All the images are in 24-bit format. I am not an artist, but I can do a fair amount of image editing. If you can do better art than me, then welcome to the team.
Q: OHH! I got this great idea for your game
A: I am always looking for new things to put in the game to make it more vibrant. Post it anywhere "pm/ thread" and I'll see it.
Q: Can I help with the programming?
A: Thank you, but no. If you want to help, give recommendations of what you would like to see in the game.
Q: I have a question which isn't mentioned in the FAQ
A: Toss it into the thread. Every bit makes this forum a better place.
Sounds cool... obviously a needed feature would be human vs human multiplayer and down the line possible a network-based game.
I should also mention that I liked Triple Triad from FF8 better than Tetra Master.
how do you play this game ?
Sceen gets cutoff on VGA. will there be VGA support for it down the road ?
I'm sorry that it gets cut off on the VGA screens. There is a VGA version in the works after the WVGA is completed. It's not scalable because I was cutting corners to get this to stable release. :-D
Version 1.0 will include VGA support
The next version will also have a updated manuals "including how to duel" and the wager selection screen. Should be done withen a week or so from now.
I like this Idea, I am a big FF fan and enjoyed the card games and have alwasy wanted one to play on my phone. I will admite I gave much more time in learning the FF8 card game more then the FF9 but they were both fun. I look foward to trying this out more when you add better features.
If you need a tester I do have the CDMA touch pro 2 and would be more then happy.
Doesn't look bad. Tried it on my Window Mobile 6.5. Crashed once I bought a card, but now it doesn't. Also crashed when I tried to trade cards. Unfortunaly you arn't finished with save/load... this would be great.
Keep your good work up dude...
Awesome
Simply amazing man, can't wait to see this finished!
Smartmouth Application
I agree also..But will it work with Smartmouth application? The specs can be found here, it hasnt released yet but looks awesome!!
www smartmouth.me
Yes! You are a genius!! With Save/load this will be perfect!
Wow, I am simply amazed by how fast this has boomed.
MANDINGOLOCO, I have not heard of smartmouth before, but I do plan to have a built in chatting system after the "duel between friends" is working.
Also far into the works is a championship duel, where 10 or more people can make a arena and duel each other for awards/ money/ cards/ bragging rights. Along with the area will be a watch feature, so you can watch others duel. But all this is still far away, somewhere of v2.
Sqoerk, when you said trade a card, do you mean selling a card? I will look into this tomorrow.
When Sqoerk's problem is solved in the next release, the save/ load will be enabled. It hasn't been so far because of unfinished ideas, but you all have impressed me enough to push on anyway.
Great work!!
Really looking forward to seeing the progress on this. It's looking really good already.
Please keep it up!
Oh, trading the card when buying a card. I forgot about that part for a moment. The trade feature will be disabled for awhile, its still in debugging stage. I have not gotten a crash yet when playing with it, but I take your word and will look more into it
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I should also mention that I liked Triple Triad from FF8 better than Tetra Master.
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I have never played FF9 or tetra master... but i agree that Triple Triad was a very decent mini game.
hey OP, good work on the port... any chance of a version of triple triad in the future?
cheers mate.
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hey OP, good work on the port... any chance of a version of triple triad in the future?
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....*bashes head on the desk*....don't you guys have enough Triple Triad stuff already???
After Tetra Master is fully running to my satisfaction, I'm going to be working on a Sphere Break port. ONLY after those 2 games are done, then I might consider doing a Triple Triad port. Do I hate triple triad, no, but I'd rather bring out the games that haven't been in the spotlight yet.
I have a list of about 7 games that I want to make, Triple Triad is in the maybe.
ha ha, yeah man... triple triad rocks though.
thanks for all your efforts. i had a quick google session.. but couldnt find any triple triad for WINMO.. do you know of a game that is similar that is available?
cheers again man.
I just tried your latest cab but i get 'unsucessfull installation' as soon as i click the cab.
I have reset my device so thought would let you know about this.
Hey
Great app love this game!!!! Great Work!!!
Ok i had the app before the save/load feature was put into place and it worked just fine but now that i have installed the updated version it crashes every time i go to select a card to dual with if u would like me to post the detailed report i will do so dont really want to type it all out but i will if it makes this app work better and also when u go to select a file block to save the game and when u go to load the game it is very sensitive on where u press FYI. So just figured i would let u know the only problem i have found with it so far.
but keep up the great work cant wait for it to be finished!
I've changed the cab making program, so that might have caused the problem. I'll look into it after my rom update.
vagrantknot, what card to duel with are you talking about? The card selection window or the dueling window? If you are able to post the error, do so with the line before a mouse up/down/move action and the following lines. I don't need the variables for the command or the while link.
example:
xxx.yyy();
How is the save/load window too sensitive? as in moving, selecting, or other?
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This is a Windows Phone 7 based ROM that I have compiled for x2. A lot of work has been put into this ROM and with the help of the x2 community, this ROM has become what it is today. Thank you for all your support and I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage to your device. Use at your own discretion.
See Post #2 for Tips, Future Release Information, and How you can support the development of this ROM. Don't forget to read the setup below!
GBP7 v.5
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Features
v0.5
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-Support on GingerBread Kernel 2.3.5
-DeoDexed
-ZipAligned
-De-Bloated
-Blur"less"
-2nd Init by navendrob
-Storage Flippy-Floppy by navendrob
-Pull-Down Toggles by navendrob
-Speedy v6 Scripts by 0vermind
-BusyBox 1.9
-SuperUser 3.0Beta
-Swype Beta PreInstalled
-Nexus Prime bootanimation
-WP7 Theme
-Ad-Blocking
-Droid x2 Desktop
-Persistent & Full ADB
-UI Animations and Tweaks
-build.prop mods
-gps tweaks(US)
-Inverted Setings
-Themed Google Apps
-TeslaLED & Screen Grabber PreInstalled
-Themed FileManger
-WP7 Calculator
-GO! Apps
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SetUp:
For references, read THIS POST for download links!
-SBF to Stock 2.3.4 kernel and apply the 2.3.5 UPDATE.ZIP to achieve stock 2.3.5 prior to flashing this ROM!
-Once rooted with Zrush, go into BSR and DataWipe/CacheWipe/DalvikCacheWipe your device.
-Flash GBP7.
-Go to Launcher 7! You may want to launch Launcher 7 by default with the check box provided!
-Go into a Google App(market or gmail) and add your google account.
-Enjoy WP7 on your Android Device Don't forget to comment and give your opinions here on the forums!!!!
-Check the 2nd post for other tips on using this rom.
Known Bugs:
-Blur Setup fc's after adding accounts *This is due to removing blur launcher, I'm in the process of getting this fixed. I need a different accounts and settings if someone wouldn't mind showing me how to do this*
-GMail and GVoice need text tweaked. *I need some help with these because I have tried every way possible to fix the text Issues here.
Credits:
victimssun - Did a lot of patching for me on the .9s as well as the apps themselves.
xkape - For finding the tylenol for my headaches
TheMuffStuff - For helping with the xml issues.
ryman222 - For random help and support.
And the other developers for the x2 that keep us awake at night
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Tips/Support/Future Release Information
History and Explanation of this ROM:
This ROM was started as a Project to help me along the ways to becoming a developer for Android. I don't classify myself as a "good" developer, but this ROM has taught me a lot and the information I have come across since the initial build of this ROM has made me that much better at becoming what I need to be to make this ROM and Project a reality.
The reason why I choose GO! Apps over AOSP is the fact that they have so many features and really isolate a lot of battery drain. The developers @GO! have did an amazing job with these apps and are used in place until I finish building the actual wp7 apps from source. Once I have accomplished a good foundation for those apps, I will replace them to match the theme of this ROM. The goal is to get wp7 UI on Android and not just by replacing a few apps here and there. This will be a project and the day that this ROM is "complete" is when ALL apps(everything that I or any developer supporting this ROM can touch) with a WP7 styling.
Why? Because I honestly feel that WP7 has one of the cleanest and nicest UI's that I have seen on a mobile device. But I choose Android over wp7 because of the Potential the Android platform has with the UNLIMITED customization and the openness of Android. WP7 will probably never have the number of features that Android can offer and with Google's push to keep things open as much as they can, Microsoft has no chance. So, with that comes me and my project(I'm sure there are others as well) to get that WP7 clean and slick UI to our Android Devices.
The Blur camera is used over AOSP because I have had less compatibility issues with the Blur Camera as opposed to AOSP; especially trying to record Hi Def videos on the x2. Soon there will be an AOSP Camera app and soon everything will be built from source.
Tips:
-Check out =yankoa @deviantart.com for some nice icons for your tiles.
-To unpin from the home screen, Hold>Click Upper Right icon.
-To move tiles, Hold>Drag to where ever>Back Button.
-To enable swype, just go through the installer process. Once complete. You can uninstall the Installer.
-To enable the WP7 Popups. Go to PopUP SMS and enable through that application. You can then Change the Tile color for the Popup. It will be a Block at the top of your screen when you receive a Text Message. You can click on the Text to view in Default SMS app or click X to remove the Tile. You can then disable by uninstalling the App or Untick the box. Make sure you set Go SMS to not disable other Notifications. And to Turn off Go SMS Notifications.
-You can remove apps from the Drawer by holding the app of choice and remove. **This does not Uninstall**
-You can change the App Drawer to the normal android drawer within Launcher7 Settings. Just press menu select option.
-You can change the Tile Color within Launcher7 settings
-To pin other apps to front page, go to drawer, select and hold app, pin to home. Then in the settings you can choose what options you want for the tile.
Warning: DO NOT REMOVE LAUNCHER 7 FROM SYSTEM/APP FOLDER! YOU WILL KILL THE LAUNCHER AND FORCE A SBF IF YOU HAVEN'T SETUP SYSTEM RECOVERY!
How you can help:
-Check the Known Bugs section of the first post if you find a bug. If the bug is not listed, Post within this thread.
-Donate to the developer/Press Thanks Button/Nominate for Developer of the Month.
-There are some issues I am having with the theming. If you see an error(white text on white background), send me a PM or post on this thread the solution. I know some but not all and the quicker I get the solution, the quicker I can get you and the rest of the community a Patch.
Future Release Info:
-Sense UI Transitions
I'm not totally sure if this is possible due to a locked BootLoader, But I plan on building a new launcher from the ground up on the next major release which should allow me to make these transitions and also add live tile support. This is not something to be talked about at current on this forum. PM me if you have any advice or know what you are doing when it comes to developing, to get this feature quicker.
-Port/Build wp7 system apps(dialer, phone, sms, etc)
This is going to be my next venture in android development. I want to build the apps from source and try to recreate the look and function of the wp7 apps for a better wp7 look.
-Theme Manager
Of all my plans, this will probably be the first to be completed; as for future development goes. This will allow quick swapping of the theme. The overall look will stay inverted with color accents(hold on a notification) for a more custom look when you flash this rom. The idea should work with other x2 roms, and possibly other devices. The Theme Manager will allow users to also create his or her own theme(whether custom, UOT, and/or within the actual theme manager) and allow quick swapping of elements within the ROM. This will more than likely be a GBP7 only release, with two market versions(paid/free) for other developers and users to use. Think of it like Liberty Toolbox, but for themes.
-PowerMod v2
I'm going to probably start testing this after I get a patch or two released, and when the next major release comes out(2.3.5) I will probably be including this if the tests go well.
downloading now. this looks very promising and im actually more excited to tryout this rom over any others in the past due to the fact that this looks completely different.
Any idea when the notifications issue will be straightened out? if not, no prob, keep up the good work!
Downloading, can't wait to try!
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booked said:
downloading now. this looks very promising and im actually more excited to tryout this rom over any others in the past due to the fact that this looks completely different.
Any idea when the notifications issue will be straightened out? if not, no prob, keep up the good work!
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Thanks for the excitement! lol makes me feel better with the time I've had with this.
As soon as I find the error. The problem lies with me adding the Toggle notifications to the dropdown. I'm still trying to figure out how to edit the xml files lol .. but should be within a couple days I'll release a patch just for that issue.
I'll definately be trying this out after one or two releases are done to get some bugs out. I hope you stick with this and make it. It looks very promising.
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I'll definately be trying this out after one or two releases are done to get some bugs out. I hope you stick with this and make it. It looks very promising.
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Thanks. Right now there aren't really any "Bugs" that I can find anyway. The only problem is the notifcation pulldown lol... its set to black text and Im still trying to figure out how to edit the xml files. Once I can do that, ill be set. OR i could just change the background of the notfication to something else...Probably end up doing that.
Hmm would it be okay to update the road runner scripts to the sonic scripts v2 to v3? Thinking about giving this a try.
IMO you should've named the ROM WindowBread 7 or GingerWindow 7
I just gave it a run it does feel like its beta it looked nice when I went to install swype it goes to a user name and pass word for swype beta I don't have them couldn't log in so couldn't install friend caster didn't want to work after log in kept popping up that it wasn't a valid copy and wanted me to pay for it it was really jumpy not very responsive the music tile force closed so I removed it and couldn't find a way to put it back on but hey could b me I may try out again after it goes threw a few builds and gets refined great look and concept I look forward to were it goes and am willing to try again thanks for your hard work I'm not bad mouthing it just saying some things are off and its in need of more development and refinement but thanks and in another note the system recovery android worked flawlessly to revert my system
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Hmm would it be okay to update the road runner scripts to the sonic scripts v2 to v3? Thinking about giving this a try.
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Sorry, it does have the Sonic Scripts. I was in a hurry putting the desc up on here and trying to remember everything. I edited the List tho. Thanks
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I just gave it a run it does feel like its beta it looked nice when I went to install swype it goes to a user name and pass word for swype beta I don't have them couldn't log in so couldn't install friend caster didn't want to work after log in kept popping up that it wasn't a valid copy and wanted me to pay for it it was really jumpy not very responsive the music tile force closed so I removed it and couldn't find a way to put it back on but hey could b me I may try out again after it goes threw a few builds and gets refined great look and concept I look forward to were it goes and am willing to try again thanks for your hard work I'm not bad nothing it just saying some things are off and its in need of more development and refinement but thanks and in another note the system recovery nandroid worked flawlessly to revert my system
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Thank you for trying this out. I probably forgot to swap the friendcaster pro for the free one. You can add other tiles in from the app drawer and you can edit tiles by holding them, then clicking the configuration button upper left side of tile.
Ahh I see with the music tile there was no music app in the drawer and I hadn't give threw ti backup yet for my music app but like I said looks promising I hope u continue on it and do not let the haters get on ya I look forward to future versions
Thank you for trying this out. I probably forgot to swap the friendcaster pro for the free one. You can add other tiles in from the app drawer and you can edit tiles by holding them, then clicking the configuration button upper left side of tile.[/QUOTE]
T3CH9ICIAN said:
Ahh I see with the music tile there was no music app in the drawer and I hadn't give threw ti backup yet for my music app but like I said looks promising I hope u continue on it and do not let the haters get on ya I look forward to future versions
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Thanks, and I'm glad you found out how to edit the files.
A little information about me. IM NOT A DEVELOPER PERSEE. haha this rom is for me to tinker with and to learn how to develop for future ideas and apps. This rom will have my full support and will probably get updated frequently over the next few weeks as I learn different things and make it better. Right now I'm trying to get the Notification issue worked out(black BG on black text). It's a simple fix, but Ive got other daily things I have to take care of. I work everyday except Sundays, thus giving me limited time to work with. But I'm constantly editing the Rom. I've had it now for like 3 weeks and I've been tinkering with it as I can, trying to learn the limitations and work arounds. The Launcher needs edited BADLY and as soon as I have got a feel for xml editing and app production, I will start working on it to Automatically have certain tiles set and eventually add Live Tile support like the WP7s(this should be like 1-2 months away ..) But I will be getting the ROM bloat free and More AOSP and HOPEFULLY blurless by next weekend, Maybe middle of next week. Still waiting on feedback to determine whether to use AOSP text messaging and Dialer or Use GO! replacements and other APPS that need to go or come to the rom. PERSONALLY, I like the GO! replacements for the features they have in them(SMS has FB Chat Integration as well as a DATA IM Client, all of which runs within your SMS app).
You could always make to versions one with go one more asop and get feedback on both before u decide which one to develop more
Meticode said:
IMO you should've named the ROM WindowBread 7 or GingerWindow 7
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Or maybe Gin Rommy?
T3CH9ICIAN said:
You could always make to versions one with go one more asop and get feedback on both before u decide which one to develop more
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Thats not a bad idea actually. My only worry is the setup phase of this phone. Its been very aggravating flashing my phone multiple times a day and setting up my other apps that I don't have featured in this and setting up my accounts back on the phone. But I will probably do that after this next release.
QUESTION FOR ALL!!!
Does anyone know how to put Swype Beta's data file in the data/data folder when flashing a rom? I tried to put my license within the data folder upon bootup, but I don't think it flashed and the way it was setup in tests was I had the data folder set correctly for flashing, but it didnt flash the /data/data/ folder. The line is *command_here_extract_folder* /data which dumps the contents of /data/ from .zip to /data/ of the phone. Weird, but it don't work sadly .. any ideas? or is just keeping the installer fine till the official is released?
If the power doesn't go off tonight, I will be uploading an update fixing the notifications and removing/moving some of the apps that aren't useful. Hopefully around 9 est. You should have it.
Here's ur music app
http://bit.ly/luHFGO
Fede musik
Actually the latest version is here
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.uberdroidstudio.ubermusic
Wow thank you so much!! Are we aloud to put paid apps in our ROM?
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Peperm1nt said:
Wow thank you so much!! Are we aloud to put paid apps in our ROM?
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No, I don't think we are allowed to.
I have seen this with other devices and wondering if anyone of the developers that have put it into their ROM can make a flashable zip for us who want to stay on stock deoxed? Thanks in advance.
Been researching all day and FINALLY found this from an outside forum source. Makes a HUGE difference if you are running stock.
"If you download Blade Buddy from the market and go into Advanced Settings, you are given the option to set a value for:
debug.sf.hw
Setting it to "1" should enable GPU Acceleration in the Android UI. (I believe this only works in Gingerbread). Enabling it won't always make a difference, since some UIs like TouchWiz and Sense 3.0 already have a limited form of GPU UI rendering , but I've seen many people say that it makes a hige difference on some devices and things like swiping, scrolling, and zooming become much smoother.
But it's worth a shot due to the potential benefits. The worst it can do is not change anything. (Remember to first click "Apply" in the Menu and then "Save", and then reboot).
Does anyone want to try and post their results?
My Inspire feels smoother now, but I'm on a ported ROM from the Sensation (Sense 3.0), so it's harder to tell.
You can also enable stagefright codecs which should give you GPU decoding of videos and media. I'm trying this right now."
RobbyRob said:
Been researching all day and FINALLY found this from an outside forum source. Makes a HUGE difference if you are running stock.
"If you download Blade Buddy from the market and go into Advanced Settings, you are given the option to set a value for:
debug.sf.hw
Setting it to "1" should enable GPU Acceleration in the Android UI. (I believe this only works in Gingerbread). Enabling it won't always make a difference, since some UIs like TouchWiz and Sense 3.0 already have a limited form of GPU UI rendering , but I've seen many people say that it makes a hige difference on some devices and things like swiping, scrolling, and zooming become much smoother.
But it's worth a shot due to the potential benefits. The worst it can do is not change anything. (Remember to first click "Apply" in the Menu and then "Save", and then reboot).
Does anyone want to try and post their results?
My Inspire feels smoother now, but I'm on a ported ROM from the Sensation (Sense 3.0), so it's harder to tell.
You can also enable stagefright codecs which should give you GPU decoding of videos and media. I'm trying this right now."
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I'll try it...lets see if I see any difference!! I have not lag or anything at this point, So I doubt i'll get any better.
Let me know how it works for you. On stock my flicking and scrolling improved dramatically. Also check out the market loading that improved also. Hope it helps out in some way for you.
just did it...market is way faster def...and transitions to drawer seems much more smooth...thanks
wow even the map application and gallery seem to load faster...double thanks..
Good find. Energy ROM has this built in, but awesome for stock users.
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using XDA App
seansk said:
just did it...market is way faster def...and transitions to drawer seems much more smooth...thanks
wow even the map application and gallery seem to load faster...double thanks..
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I'll continue to find ways to improve the force. Who knows I might make my own ROM one day.
Just fyi for anyone interested, I assume x has had this for awhile but I just went to build.prop and checked in BP2.4.0 and it is there. Good find though, some of these little build.prop tweaks can really help.
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well I'm rooted stock so this was a great find for those of us who just want one or two things and not an entirely different rom.
how do you know it works? I have another phone that is pure stock. I compare with my phone with the change. I don't notice anything.
From what I understand some phones do not support it. I will try to see if I can find the technical reason.
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That fancy Launcher TSF shell which we all got a preview of earlier in December has finally come out:
http://tinyurl.com/7owwsfo
Any body take the plunge and drop 17 bucks on it yet?
I am considering doing it cause it looks amazing and I'm sure it'd run awesome on our GSIIs.
Belongs in the apps section.
Also I rather not spend $17 for something that might just kill my battery.
LiLChris06 said:
Belongs in the apps section.
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You could have reported the post so I could have seen it and gotten to it faster. Geeeeeeeez
johosophat said:
that fancy launcher tsf shell which we all got a preview of earlier in december has finally come out:
http://tinyurl.com/7owwsfo
any body take the plunge and drop 17 bucks on it yet?
I am considering doing it cause it looks amazing and i'm sure it'd run awesome on our gsiis.
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it does not work. I wasted my money on it and it force closes. Running stock.
Same RESULT on my tmo gsm tab
UPDATE
WELL ... JUST WANTED TO SAY AFTER 2 UPDATES IT NOW WORKS ON BOTH GSM TAB AND SGS2 BOTH TMO
VERY RESPONSIVE, FAST BUT LACKS SOME OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES FROM THE VIDEO
Giving it a try. Pretty damn smooth; there are a few features that aren't up and working yet, but it's very impressive. The lack of instructions is causing a few headaches, however.
It can only get better with time. While it doesn't quite have the HD look that SPB Shell has, it seems smoother, and just more useful. SPB looks good, but it's like it never got past demo stage. High hopes for TSF.
EDIT: If you are trying to make it do the "snake" thing from a folder and are having problems, someone on another thread figured out that you have to have more than 7 apps in it to make it work. It's seriously cool once you figure that out. Makes for a nice favorite contacts app.
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Giving it a try. Pretty damn smooth; there are a few features that aren't up and working yet, but it's very impressive. The lack of instructions is causing a few headaches, however.
It can only get better with time. While it doesn't quite have the HD look that SPB Shell has, it seems smoother, and just more useful. SPB looks good, but it's like it never got past demo stage. High hopes for TSF.
EDIT: If you are trying to make it do the "snake" thing from a folder and are having problems, someone on another thread figured out that you have to have more than 7 apps in it to make it work. It's seriously cool once you figure that out. Makes for a nice favorite contacts app.
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How much memory does it use?
sent from my SHOstocked sgs2 via tapatalk.....
This is pretty amazing!!! I'm going to wait a little bit longer then buy it! I have to say, if it isn't to much of a batter drain, then I could see this being a pretty nice launcher.
I actually set my "SetCPU" to 800 max, and everything ran SMOOTHLY!! no problems at all! I don't think this uses much more then 200 Mhz, because after fussing around for almost 15 minutes on it, I have CPU Spy saying 200 Mhz was being used for 9 minutes. So . . .
(It might be using the GPU tho, in which case I don't know how to check that.)
Looks interesting. Anyone run into any type of ROM specific issues yet?
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How much memory does it use?
sent from my SHOstocked sgs2 via tapatalk.....
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Looking at 5.48MB.
Still liking it; it's got lots of potential. I'm really digging the snake function of the folders. Load the folder up with apps, when you want one, just drag it out and tap it. I'm getting a list of tweaks it needs for the developer, like the snake needs to collapse after you use an app in it, stuff like that. Let's see how things go. I still find myself trying to swipe to move to the next screen, but you can't enable that and keep the core function of grabbing and manipulating multiple apps on a screen. I'm going to use this for a few weeks and see if I have the urge to return to a standard launcher.
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Looks interesting. Anyone run into any type of ROM specific issues yet?
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No ROM specific issues just yet. The video that shows off the launcher seems to be on a phone with MIUI, I think that they would be well suited for each other.
The favorite contacts folder I made works pretty cool; drag the contacts out, tap on one, and it gives you the quick info popup for it. The demo in the video looks different because it's MIUI.
The snake thing only works if you have at least seven items in your folder, and the folder won't hold more than twelve items, so some people might end up with multiple contact folders, like friends, family, work.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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I look forward to your review. I'm tempted to pull the trigger, but I've paid for way too many apps that I thought would be cool and useful that I used once and never again.
I got it, but I'm not pleased with it. It's kind of a pain to get to your apps.
Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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Not sure why you think it's not a launcher. Instead of launching the app drawer like stock/LP/ADW/ect, the app drawer is the first homepage. The MIUI launcher doesn't have a standard app drawer either. And as far as launching the phone/contacts/messaging/ect, they are located on the left side pop-up bar. Granted, it feels different when you start using it, but I'm driving with it just fine. There are some bugs in it that would keep me from keeping it if they don't get addressed, but they seem to be doing updates pretty often and I'm hopeful it will continue to improve.
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Watched the video, read the reviews - even when it's done, it seems like they missed out on an essential factor - it's supposed to be a launcher. And it looks like they layered too much candy on that basic function for it to be usable as a daily driver.
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This. It just isn't comfortable to use. I'm still using it, hopefully it gets better.
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Not sure why you think it's not a launcher. Instead of launching the app drawer like stock/LP/ADW/ect, the app drawer is the first homepage. The MIUI launcher doesn't have a standard app drawer either. And as far as launching the phone/contacts/messaging/ect, they are located on the left side pop-up bar. Granted, it feels different when you start using it, but I'm driving with it just fine. There are some bugs in it that would keep me from keeping it if they don't get addressed, but they seem to be doing updates pretty often and I'm hopeful it will continue to improve.
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I didn't say it isn't a launcher, I said that it doesn't seem to function well as a launcher. If it's working for you, I'm glad - and I'll continue to watch and see if they live up to the promises made in the demo. It may well be as you say that I'd just have to get used to it - which I've done before, and will again, when I think the learning is worth it. Although I do like a clean home screen (yes, I know I could do it that way, but that defeats their design).
I've been playing with it and I think it's cool. There is a learning curve and it's not perfect but there are some nice features in it. I stopped using it though as soon as I discovered one feature it lacked that was a must have for me. scrollable widgets. They dont seem to work
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I've been playing with it and I think it's cool. There is a learning curve and it's not perfect but there are some nice features in it. I stopped using it though as soon as I discovered one feature it lacked that was a must have for me. scrollable widgets. They dont seem to work
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Ok, good chance to ask - which scrollable widgets are a must have? I like to keep my home screens clean, and watch battery drain (too) obsessively, so the only widgets I use are Simi Clock (covers clock, weather, and launching apps), 3G Watchdog, and music (PlayerPro and Subsonic). What am I missing?
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Ok, good chance to ask - which scrollable widgets are a must have? I like to keep my home screens clean, and watch battery drain (too) obsessively, so the only widgets I use are Simi Clock (covers clock, weather, and launching apps), 3G Watchdog, and music (PlayerPro and Subsonic). What am I missing?
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Well I did say for me they are a must have I use Android Pro widgets, I use about 3 of them(at least scrolling ones) all on their own home screens. I have one that loads twitter and FB updates, another that loads my agenda and one for my text messages. Then a full screen music widget(poweramp) on another screen and a full screen weather widget(fancy widget). I'm not too obsessive over my battery because I ALWAYS either have a spare charger or an extra oem battery (or both) with me
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Well I did say for me they are a must have I use Android Pro widgets, I use about 3 of them(at least scrolling ones) all on their own home screens. I have one that loads twitter and FB updates, another that loads my agenda and one for my text messages. Then a full screen music widget(poweramp) on another screen and a full screen weather widget(fancy widget). I'm not too obsessive over my battery because I ALWAYS either have a spare charger or an extra oem battery (or both) with me
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Thanks - I can see the use if I were a more connected person, but I'm not that big on Twitter or Facebook, full screen weather seems excessive (I look out the window , and tapping the weather icon on Simi Clock takes me to Weatherbug), don't text much (and get notifications for that), and my calendar is a tap away... I'm really never that far from a charger, but I like not having to plug in from the time I get up till I dock when I go to bed. If I were out more, I might need it, but I tend to do the home-work-home thing most of the time.
I picked this up. I like it, but some functionality is missing. I'm not talking about things they show in the video that you would have to figure out on your own, I'm talking about buttons that are available to use, but if you try to use it, it says the feature isn't enabled yet. That's kind of annoying. No need to have the button there if you don't have the functionality in.
Battery in my opinion definitely is affected. With my current build below, I was getting about 1% loss per hour. With this launcher it's approaching close to 3% per hour. I don't know why as it's not like my wakelocks are increasing.
When I got the phone two days ago, I spent most of my time immediately rooting and ROMing my phone. I knew I wanted to stay on TW because of some of the camera features, but I figured I'd keep all of the gimmicky Samsung features off.
However, I figured I'd at least learn what some of them do so that I could show off to my friends and family. :good: I just spent some time learning, and some are actually pretty cool. Which ones are you guys using the most?
I'll probably use multi-window the most, and just toggle it on when I need it. I doubt I'll keep any others on except for when I want to have some fun with them.
Also, would it really eat up that many resources to leave something like "quick glance" on? I know one could just as easily press the home button to turn the screen on, but this is pretty neat. Air jump wouldn't be bad to leave on either... or maybe air call-accept. AHH! What to do, what to do...
Let me know your thoughts!
Call me old school, but I still use my phone like a T-Mobile G1. All of these new gestures and "air motion" doo-dads are just not my cup of tea. I do like the host of new camera features and the bigger screen vs. my previous S3, but that's about it. It's a slick phone, and ever since I put CleanROM on it, it flies!
I do want to try out the WatchOn feature, but every time I am around my TV I constantly forget.
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Call me old school, but I still use my phone like a T-Mobile G1. All of these new gestures and "air motion" doo-dads are just not my cup of tea. I do like the host of new camera features and the bigger screen vs. my previous S3, but that's about it. It's a slick phone, and ever since I put CleanROM on it, it flies!
I do want to try out the WatchOn feature, but every time I am around my TV I constantly forget.
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I kind of agree. They're a lot of fun to mess around with, but it's just as easy to use your finger to scroll a web page as it is to tilt it or wave your hand.
I forgot about the WatchOn feature. That ROCKS. When I'm lying in bed and can't find the remote I just use my phone.
I messed around with most of them but found they were more gimmicky than anything. I'm actually running the 6/6 CM 10.1 now and I couldn't be happier.
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Running Clean ROM but I am using 2 Air Gesture features. Quick Glance and Air Call-Accept. They are functional and useful, especially if your hands are dirty or messy.
The only feature I find really useful is air gestures. I really like the quick status update you get when you swipe over the phone. great when I'm eating messy food (often) :laugh:
trebb said:
I kind of agree. They're a lot of fun to mess around with, but it's just as easy to use your finger to scroll a web page as it is to tilt it or wave your hand.
I forgot about the WatchOn feature. That ROCKS. When I'm lying in bed and can't find the remote I just use my phone.
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That's exactly what made me try it out. I couldn't find my remote and gave it a try. It's actually pretty nice. The only thing that I can think of is Airview, the other stuff was kind of inconsistent to me. If Airview were supported in more apps it would be awesome.
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The Camera features are pretty cool, I use quite a few of them often and this is the main reason I have not got to CM yet.
Smart Stay - to keep the phone on while I am reading things ... I am not sure if this is really needed though
Smart Scroll - This is helpful sometimes when reading long emails, but I think I may turn it off since it can sometimes be more annoying than not (eg. slightly tilting the phone scrolls)
Air view - I find this great for email .. I can quickly glance and see if I want to read the full message.
Screen mirroring (along with the samsung link app) - I use this to quickly show pics etc on my TV when people are over
watchOn - I actually use this much more than I expected ... it does confuse my Harmony when I try to use it to control everything, but I find it handy to change the volume or channel
I haven't really found a good reason to use the multi-window .. it would be better if it supported all apps maybe though.
I did not like the TW launcher so I replaced that with Nova Prime for now, I do miss some of the features in CM though (like widgets on lockscreen with security, etc...)
watchon is the only one i use at the moment. comes in very handy and i use it almost everyday.
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I haven't really found a good reason to use the multi-window .. it would be better if it supported all apps maybe though.
I did not like the TW launcher so I replaced that with Nova Prime for now, I do miss some of the features in CM though (like widgets on lockscreen with security, etc...)
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For me the most productive use is gmail/email with calendar to enter events and things.
Just today I watched a YouTube music video while doing research on the band.
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Mussorre said:
As for me: Motion Control: The more smartphones become the center of our lives, the less time we want to spend tapping at them to make stuff happen. Efficiency is what these motion controls are about, particularly the Turn Over To Mute/Pause and Direct Call, which will automatically call the contact on the screen if you hold the S4 up to your ear.
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Though I don't multitask much on my phone. I actually find floating apps to be more useful...like a popup browser or a floating calculator that is present over the top of whatever app I am using. I can see how some people would find the multiwindow useful. I'd probably use it for finding directions on the internet then entering them into navigation if I used it for anything.
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I agree. I really dig the mute/pause/reject call stuff. The direct call is neat as well, but it was also on my S3. I think the important thing to remember about the hand motions is that they are a sign of progress so, the more you use them, the more they will lead to better things. At least that is my opinion.
I just rooted mine and flashed cm 10.1 and I don't miss any of them. The only one I used was multi view but I prefer stock android over all the gimmicky Samsung software
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turned them all off to save battery, however just received my battery and charger kit so I'll be playing with some these a bit more
I like being able to flip my phone over and silence any incoming calls. I also find myself using air scroll a lot.
I absolutely LOVE the extras this phone comes with...minus a s##tload of bloatware.
Multi window is def a favorite. I'm an arguer on social sites (lol) so i can be doing research on Chrome (love that on here) while typing stuff onto FB. Or watching/listening to a youtube video while surfing the web. Right now, only a few apps are compatible, but obv with more updates on the software, more will come.
I def love all my hand gestures. I def constantly use it to check my phone just by waving. i love to scroll the browser and look through my gallery without touching my phone (OCD about fingerprints). Love to connect to a call by waving. Hell, (when there's a nice light source behind you) the "eye" smart stay (which is really a head detector) works awesome when i'm watching tv/watching a youtube video as well, so it does pause when you look away.
The camera is def one of the best option on this phone. crystal clear quality, and the 12 different modes are awesome!!! esp "animated" mode, takes a series of pictures of you moving, and plays it in forward and reverse constantly. pretty cool. so is drama mode and eraser mode. hell, all of them are! great zooming in (with volume button) and great up close taking too.
I LOVE the watchon app! (remote control) i have my, and my fiance's house entire systems hooked up to it (tv, cable box, blu ray, dvd player). It's also fun as **** to mess with people out in bars and change the channel/turn tv off. especially since most people don't know it has an IR blaster.
Driving mode with S voice is AWESOME! Reads out texts to you and you can reply back with all talking. I said my command "wake up" word to "J.a.r.v.i.s" like in Iron Man lol.
I jsut rooted my phone 2 days ago after owning it for a month, the best thing about that is DELETING (with file explorer, best $4 spent) all the crap you don't want on your phone, and even better is the Clean 1.3 ROM that deletes most of it anyways, but great to finish up the rest manually since all you could do when it was stock is disable it.
Since I have Verizon, I love how my ROM puts a WiFi toggle (idk why verizon got rid of it and what benefit they achieved by doing that). and it got rid of the stupid "data" symbol up top. Also how it auto enables tethering (mobile hot spot) where as on stock if you turn "on" it says you don't have the subscription for it (which is a waste of money)
Currently looking into other kernels to OC the phone to like 2.1Ghz...not much more i know, but nice. Also, if you read up online, there's a bunch of cool stuff you can do/disable to make your phone a little faster.
I just love this phone. My last phone was an LG Spectrum and before that the LG Revolution and this phone is obv just superior to them
I disabled all of them within 5 minutes of turning on the device and really haven't looked back except for AirView. I've used it a few times just to show off the phone, but otherwise it stays disabled too.
The extra screen sensitivity I *do* have enabled though...because being able to use the phone with normal winter gloves is an amazing feature.
The only feature I miss after flashing my phone is the WatchOn one. It worked better than my remotes and easier to find. No matter where I went, I had a remote. ]
I use WatchON, Samsung link for airplay on my Samsung TV, air view and air gesture. I didn't find the eye tracking software to work well enough consistently to be worth it.
The latest watchON update however disabled the ability to power on and off my Samsung audiobar. I can still program it into the universal remote however it only allows me to control volume. Where the version that came with stock let me power on the audio system.
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The update does allow you to edit your channels though so you can access HD channels.
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What I did was root my phone, and then I kept TW on it for a little while. It let me get rid of a lot of the extra bloatware on it but allowed me to use the few samsung features I have liked. The camera seems to be very cool from what I can tell. There are a lot of options there. The other great part is the multi-window and gestures. Waving my hand over my phone to answer calls is great.
None of them. AOSP, FTW!
Though I do miss having the IR blaster...
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