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Hey guys I'm running Bionix V right now but I'm going to update to V 1.2.1.
So I'm wondering what the differences are between the 'Gingerbread' and the 'Touchwiz' editions? And in your opinions which is better and why?
I would just flash both of them to find out myself but I hate having to import my contacts, apps, sms/mms, and other things individually everytime. Unless you know of an app that makes it quick and easy to do all at once.
If someone could explain the differences I think I could make the right choice the first time
Thanks
Edit:
Also I've been hearing good/maybe bad things about V 1.2.1
Should users upgrade or stay with V? I'll keep you posted when I upgrade I've been a little busy lately
The difference is how the phone looks. When you hit the home button, your desktop, or launcher, has icons, widgets, etc.
The gingerbread one looks like standard, non themed gingerbread.
TouchWiz looks more like your vibrant did out of the box. I personally find it incredibly ugly so I prefer the gingerbread theme.
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wearmaize said:
The difference is how the phone looks. When you hit the home button, your desktop, or launcher, has icons, widgets, etc.
The gingerbread one looks like standard, non themed gingerbread.
TouchWiz looks more like your vibrant did out of the box. I personally find it incredibly ugly so I prefer the gingerbread theme
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Can you still use launcherpro with the gingerbread version?
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Yes you can use any home launcher you choose
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Can you still use launcherpro with the gingerbread version?
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Yes, I have been. I really don't think it matters which one you install if you're planning on installing a 3rd party launcher, anyway.
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Yes, I have been. I really don't think it matters which one you install if you're planning on installing a 3rd party launcher, anyway.
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Oh really the only difference between the touchwiz and gingerbread is the launcher?
And how customizable are each of them and maybe I wouldn't need a third party launcher?
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The only advantage I can think of for using touchwiz is that it comes with the Samsung apps installed as well.
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That's what I want to get rid of. All the apps like mobileTV, amazon, kindle, all the bloatware.
So gingerbread is the way I should go?
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That's what I want to get rid of. All the apps like mobileTV, amazon, kindle, all the bloatware.
So gingerbread is the way I should go?
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I'm not sure if it comes with the bloatware, but it would come with the Samsung widgets that are available using TouchWiz. (One example is the "Friends" widget that updates facebook and twitter)
But if you're planning on using LauncherPro or any other launcher, all of this is moot anyway. I'd recommend the Gingerbread version because I like the notification bar and stock android is so much better looking than TouchWiz in every aspect.
EDIT: You asked earlier how to import contacts and things; you should sync them with Google as it makes the transition between ROMs seamless. Also, Titanium Backup can backup and restore all of your apps and data. (This excludes SMS). Finally, I use SMS backup to backup all of my texts/MMS to gmail for safekeeping
Thanks wearmaize
I'll go with gingerbread. I use sms and titanium backup they work great.
But last time I synced with google it didn't save all my contacts when I flashed so I don't know if somethings wrong or I'm doing it wrong
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I have been hearing conflicting posts about the new Bionix version...I think i'll just stick with V
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Thanks wearmaize
I'll go with gingerbread. I use sms and titanium backup they work great.
But last time I synced with google it didn't save all my contacts when I flashed so I don't know if somethings wrong or I'm doing it wrong
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Next time you sync with google, check your contacts online using a computer to make sure they're all there.
As for Bionix, I'd recommend v 1.2 or v 1.2.1. I find v 1.2 to be the most stable, but I've only been on v 1.2.1 for a day so I can't really say for sure. Both are great.
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Bionix 1.2.1 is nice, worthile upgrading I can see
Hi guys was wondering if there is this app out there that can do the following...
You know when you swipe left or right you go to different windows from the home screen. Is there an app or something that wil allow you to swipe up or down from the homescreen to go to the window to the left x2 or to the right x2. I'm basically trying to find a way to get to my other windows in just 1 swipe as opposed to 2. It might not be much but I would much prefer it that faster if possible.
Anyone know of anything that can do this for me?
I use the "pinch and pick" method. (At least that's what I call it.)
Or hit the Home button twice (or just once if you're already on the Home screen).
That's an interesting idea but I would assume it would have to be built into the launcher you're using. Like home screen replacement Apps have swipe up for this and down for that but I haven't seen them have an option for swipe up for page x.
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Try an app called Wave Launcher. It's not exactly what you described as what you're looking for but may be another solution, it's a fantastic app! Here's a link for you:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher
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Swipepad is free in the market
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Go launcher, set it to show previews on swipe up (you can even make it so it only does that when you swipe up on a specific dock icon, too!)
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docmalc said:
Try an app called Wave Launcher. It's not exactly what you described as what you're looking for but may be another solution, it's a fantastic app! Here's a link for you:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobilemerit.wavelauncher
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And yeah, wave launcher is freakin amazing!
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Swipepad is the shizzle, too! Good find! Swipepad + wave launcher + go launcher = totally covert homescreen! No statusbar, no dockbar, just secret areas to swipe from!
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Will that all eat up my battery a lot if I'm running stock everything non-rooted?
I'm really enjoying being non-rooted because surprisingly everything just WORKs. Battery life is great as I can get an entire 12-13 hour day out of it before it goes red.
Also...why Go Launcher? When I use to have it on my old Evo 4g whenever I would press the "home button" it would close Go Launcher and go back to the stock launcher...also...I have to use their own Friend widget (people widget) if you use it right? Or has that changed? When I used Go Launcher before the People widget I use to use from Sense disappears.
I'm completely stock.... Just download Wave Launcher and try it, if you like it then excellent, if you don't then uninstall... It's a free app so you lose nothing trying it. Good luck!
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Will that all eat up my battery a lot if I'm running stock everything non-rooted?
I'm really enjoying being non-rooted because surprisingly everything just WORKs. Battery life is great as I can get an entire 12-13 hour day out of it before it goes red.
Also...why Go Launcher? When I use to have it on my old Evo 4g whenever I would press the "home button" it would close Go Launcher and go back to the stock launcher...also...I have to use their own Friend widget (people widget) if you use it right? Or has that changed? When I used Go Launcher before the People widget I use to use from Sense disappears.
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Stock unrooted, too. GO Launcher (like any alternate home app) doesn't allow the use of Sense Widgets but they have an alternative to most of them and the widgets are themeable. Battery usage is no more than usual and if you REALLY wanna squeeze all the juice you can from a charge, check out Juice Defender. And why GO Launcher? It takes the best parts of all the paid launchers (ADW, Launcher Pro, etc), improves on them, adds in even more functionality, offers tons of themes or the ability to create your own, and it's free! I use GO SMS, GO Contacts and GO Dialer, too. The GO Weather is borked though lol dunno why
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I am a fan of Touchwiz but am open to trying other launchers. The problem seems to be the badge system doesn't work fully on any of the ones I have looked at.
Do you know of a launcher which can show numeric bubbles for unread items on SMS, email, facebook etc?
Lots do SMS and Gmail but I need the email as well, I don't even use Gmail.
Suggest away
NovaLauncher + NovaPrime + TeslaUnread does gmail, htc email, samsung email and k-9 mail.
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cheezusweezel said:
NovaLauncher + NovaPrime + TeslaUnread does gmail, htc email, samsung email and k-9 mail.
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Ok thank you, last time I tried them it didn't, must have been a while ago lol
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Vouch for that use the same combo
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OK, I have the setup working (thank you for the advice) , can someone explain why this is so much better?
I am still looking for a weather widget, I dug one out I used on my Milestone 2, it works but I have to stretch it.
I use hd wigets with color form pack they offer natuve large sizes been using since old days one of the best every element customisible
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I am trying this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather
Does a non TW launcher just offer more customisation?
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Change desktop-scroll-effects to GLASS, looks great. Nice clock&weather widget: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devexpert.weather
cheezusweezel said:
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Change desktop-scroll-effects to GLASS, looks great. Nice clock&weather widget: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devexpert.weather
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I appreciate why people do this, but it is not for me.
If I can extract another hour of battery life I would do it, but just to make it look prettier, not for now.
If I can remove all the TW framework I might have another go
Allow me to clarify. Now that I've downloaded the, "KitKat concept," theme, I absolutely love just starring at my home screen and admiring it. But using stock apps that have the touchwiz feel from my galaxy s4, such as the stock messaging app, I feel like the two don't go together (see attachments to see what I mean). Going from a nice, clean, feel to a big, tacky app just doesn't feel right. I don't know though, it might just be me.
So my question is, did you guys just leave the stock apps be, or did you download a 3rd party messaging app, lock screen app, etc., to make your theme fit more?
Excuse my bad English by the way.
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Sorry for the dounle post. For some reason 1st picture wasnt added to post. Now you can see what I mean when I say I go from a nice jome screen to a touchwiz app that doesn't belong.
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Alternative sms apps. Otherwise root is required.
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Pickle_Jr said:
Allow me to clarify. Now that I've downloaded the, "KitKat concept," theme, I absolutely love just starring at my home screen and admiring it. But using stock apps that have the touchwiz feel from my galaxy s4, such as the stock messaging app, I feel like the two don't go together (see attachments to see what I mean). Going from a nice, clean, feel to a big, tacky app just doesn't feel right. I don't know though, it might just be me.
So my question is, did you guys just leave the stock apps be, or did you download a 3rd party messaging app, lock screen app, etc., to make your theme fit more?
Excuse my bad English by the way.
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For the dialer I use rocketdial pro & for sms I use sliding messaging pro. both are themeable so they go with whatever theme I have on themer at the time. I bought both but they have free versions.
Pickle_Jr said:
Allow me to clarify. Now that I've downloaded the, "KitKat concept," theme, I absolutely love just starring at my home screen and admiring it. But using stock apps that have the touchwiz feel from my galaxy s4, such as the stock messaging app, I feel like the two don't go together (see attachments to see what I mean). Going from a nice, clean, feel to a big, tacky app just doesn't feel right. I don't know though, it might just be me.
So my question is, did you guys just leave the stock apps be, or did you download a 3rd party messaging app, lock screen app, etc., to make your theme fit more?
Excuse my bad English by the way.
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How do you have message with the white background?
The screen shot? That's the stock messaging app for the galaxy s4 and I believe all the other galaxy or touchwiz running devices as well
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The only thing holding me back from using Nova Launcher is losing the samsung calendar widget for a full month. Why is it so hard to find a decent month-long widget??
If anyone has some alternatives, I would greatly appreciate it
I use business calender. It doesn't show a month, but it's scrollable.
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Acalendar has daily, weekly and monthly widgets.
DigiCal
I had the same trouble, literally downloaded 5-10 different calender apps. I settled on DigiCal which is a paid app but I really like the widget. I found the app to be sup-par so I use the Samsung calender app to add events.
nnbj92 said:
I had the same trouble, literally downloaded 5-10 different calender apps. I settled on DigiCal which is a paid app but I really like the widget. I found the app to be sup-par so I use the Samsung calender app to add events.
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+1
APW has a great calendar widget.
Jorte calender works great.
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Spectredroid said:
Jorte calender works great.
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that name was on the tip of my tongue but i couldn't remember it. i used a long time ago and remember it being my favorite and being free.
I ended up getting DigiCal and it is near perfect. Thanks for the recomendations!
I second APW. Great widgets.
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wizz
marygladys said:
I second APW. Great widgets.
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wizz is really good
try simple calendar widget, by j4velin
Romokos said:
The only thing holding me back from using Nova Launcher is losing the samsung calendar widget for a full month. Why is it so hard to find a decent month-long widget??
If anyone has some alternatives, I would greatly appreciate it
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so far i've found simple calendar widget, by j4velin as one of the best Simple Calendar Widget for tablets and phones (such as my Note 10.1 2014 & note 2).
it uses little to no resources, has easy to configure options (multi-calendar, font size, layout, transparencies, refresh, etc.), and only adds one fully re-sizable icon to your list of available widgets.
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.calendarWidget&hl=en
Try business calendar app. It has great customizable widgets.
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Calengoo is what you want
The granularity of reminders, alarms, etc beats all the rest.
It has pages and pages of widgets.
Another vote for Business Calendar.
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+2 for Jorte
Jorge ... Make that +3
Beste Grüße von MoaB!
+1 DigiCal
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nrage23 said:
APW has a great calendar widget.
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+1 for APW. Looks refined & is fully functional.
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My two cents - APW is definitely great looking, but CalenGoo's customizability is above and beyond anything else I've tried.