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Challenge: Samsung Galaxy S ROM for Desire

Hi all chefs
Is it possible to cook a Samsung Galaxy S ROM for the HTC Desire? The applications are available in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7201890#post7201890 And the Samsung Glaxy S Android development forum has some custom ROMs, so I guess the source or something is available for our beloved chefs
If not a total ROM port are feasible because of the big differences in hardware, at least a Desire ROM with most of the apps and widget cooked in would be great!
Anyone up for the challenge?

We already have the Galaxy launcher and apps...i don't think there is much need for a rom. Other than samsung widgets i suppose?

ephumuris said:
We already have the Galaxy launcher and apps...i don't think there is much need for a rom. Other than samsung widgets i suppose?
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Hum did I miss something? D: where are the apps?

Someone posted them in the themes/apps section.

why do you even want to do that? sense is much superior than touchwiz in my opinion

willy792003 said:
why do you even want to do that? sense is much superior than touchwiz in my opinion
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i second that. no doubt htc sense and htc phones are the best. samsung... hmmm not much of support once the phone model gets a little older.

ephumuris said:
Someone posted them in the themes/apps section.
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Actually I posted the apps in the themes and apps section, but non of the apps seems to work on the Desire, or has there been any progress regarding that issue? Especially some of the widgets and apps are interesting.

I got rid of my Galaxy S for the Desire because TouchWiz is terrible. Why would you want to replace Sense with that?

Touchwiz is crap.
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Well, actually only the following apps are of special interest:
FM RDS Radio
WriteandGo
I tried to install them, but it didn't work.

I would like those apps and the music app because it looks awesome
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Probably we will see here devs
Doing it very soon!
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We don't want any Samsung rubbish around here. This is the HTC Desire forum.
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Hah Samsung makes good screens!
They should stick to what they do best, making visuals! They are one of the best for displays I think we'd all agree, leave the high-end business mobile phone department to people that have been in the business for years.. like HTC. Sense really makes these devices stand out on the home screens alone.

I agree but it would be nice to have a play with some of their application they have designed.
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Touchwiz based rom

Does anyone know of a Touchwiz based rom for the Desire?
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Nope.
10char

You cannot be serious.
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I have forgotten a lot but if I recall it correctly, there is a mod for AOSP ROM to get the touchwiz.
Better ask the other more about this.

out of interest why would you want touchwiz?
almost everyone with a Galaxy S I know doesn't want it either

Lothaen said:
out of interest why would you want touchwiz?
almost everyone with a Galaxy S I know doesn't want it either
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It is true. I have played for a couple of minutes with the Galaxy S2 and beside the speed due to better hardware, I didn't impressed at all.

I own a Desire and a SGS2 and I have to admitt that TouchWiz4 impresses me a lot more than Sense.

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It is true. I have played for a couple of minutes with the Galaxy S2 and beside the speed due to better hardware, I didn't impressed at all.
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from what ive seen, touchwizz is more functional and more customizable than sense which only 'looks nice' but i dont think it does look that nice

guess it is simply an individual matter
i never tried touchwiz, from what ive seen on videos it doesnt really make me want a SGS2.
one desire developer, baadnewz, recently bought SGS2 but he sold it very soon after and bought HTC Sensation reason: "cant live without sense"
so like i said, everyone likes what he/she likes

It's not that I don't like sense I just wanna try something different. I sometimes get tired of the look of sense and wanna try Touchwiz out. Is it just me or is sense just getting boring their are just so many devices with it on them its no longer fresh.
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If you are bored of Sense and wanna try something new, why don't you try MIUI or AOSP?
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It is also true that I tend to prefer Sense over MIUI, Moto-Blur or Touchwiz.

Isn't Blur dead now?
didn't Moto even rename it?

I will also be trying MIUI after my device is able to be rooted.
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Touchwiz on galaxy nexus read thread

I would love to port touchwiz over to galaxy nexus and I would love to get some developers on and plus this would be my first rom ever and I would need help to build this rom

People usually root to get rid of touchwiz.
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I know that people root to get rid of touchwiz but I would like to port touchwiz to galaxy nexus and build it to be better then touchwiz from Samsung

I'm sorry. Looks like you're alone on that boat.
Good luck though

Take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535715

i will help anyone who want to get touchwiz ported over to galaxy nexus

morgy59 said:
i will help anyone who want to get touchwiz ported over to galaxy nexus
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Not to question you, but do you actually have the skills to do this? Something like this is not an easy task for people that know what they are doing so when you say you will help, does than mean you will test or can you actually contribute?
While some do not like TW, I do not understand why people would complain if there are more options for you phone. If you do not like it, move on to something else but don't tell people not to do it.
If the new TW was ported with all the new features in the SGS3 I am sure people would jump on it. Even the TW haters.

morgy59 said:
I would love to port touchwiz over to galaxy nexus and I would love to get some developers on and plus this would be my first rom ever and I would need help to build this rom
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why????????????????????

Bigjim1488 said:
why????????????????????
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Compared to sense its a God sent oh how I hate sense ui
by me, for me and I love you

Galaxy s3 end of this month, why bother???
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may just start project with port galaxy s3 to nexus

This is blasphemy...that is all

LOL, why in the world would you want to have touchwiz on the nexus?
As I say that, it's better than sense 4.0. Nothing is better than stock ICS imo.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
U can install it as a normal apk, or if u're rooted u can also push it to /system/app to enable delete apps directly from app drawer. In that same section u'll find another thread with tw launcher. This is of course TW4. Anyways, i've lived the tw experience and my final thought was "i'm never going back" , it was for sure my worst android experience.
And finally, as a response to the guy that claims that tw is a God in comparison to sense, i would propose to go jump off a cliff. They both suck and are no way close to vanilla feel, but if i had to choose between those 2 , i would go with sense, i've tried all sense versions up to sense 3.5 and neither tw3 nor tw4 are not even close.
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rayiskon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883
U can install it as a normal apk, or if u're rooted u can also push it to /system/app to enable delete apps directly from app drawer. In that same section u'll find another thread with tw launcher. This is of course TW4. Anyways, i've lived the tw experience and my final thought was "i'm never going back" , it was for sure my worst android experience.
And finally, as a response to the guy that claims that tw is a God in comparison to sense, i would propose to go jump off a cliff. They both suck and are no way close to vanilla feel, but if i had to choose between those 2 , i would go with sense, i've tried all sense versions up to sense 3.5 and neither tw3 nor tw4 are not even close.
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A bit much there. Some people like like touchwiz because of some of the features it brings to the table that, quite frankly, should be in the Galaxy Nexus. The one that is bothering the HELL out of me right now is Wifi-Direct.
The S2, running Gingerbread, has a fully functioning, built-in Wifi-Direct Application. The Nexus? Does not. (Also every single video codec native to it without needing an app)
The S3, will have a better camera app, S-Beam, and a whole host of other features, that are only included with TouchWiz.
The features I've mentioned are not limited by the hardware differences between the S2 or even the S3 in comparison to the Nexus.
It's not always about looks, it's about features as well. I doubt telling someone to go jump off a cliff if they don't agree with your opinion on design is warranted.

Not a fan of touchwiz or sense
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Jump off a cliff was metaphoric of course (didn't expect i would need to explain that). Anyways, all this stuff is a matter of taste, and yes there are people who like tw, for whatever reasons. As i mentioned i spent time in both worlds, the only feature I liked in tw was the memo app. The features in sense such as widgets (weather, stocks, htc email, news feed and so on), more practical and nicer lockscreen, better transition and scrolling animations, recent apps and settings shortcuts in starus bar, and visually nicer and more colorful UI etc... plus, the whole general feel and smoothness of sense, i'm not talking about sense 4, although htc will polish the software on one x in future updates. Unless someone hadn't lived with both UI's his/her arguements are not valid.
Anyways back on topic, the "features" u mentioned in ur post above are directly integrated into the samsung framework and other system files, and u can see the progress of such ports in the gnex dev section. But that's not the point, people who NEED TW features should go and buy samsung phones with tw, gnex is clearly not the best choice for them.
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OK some of you guys need to understand that if wants to bring TW to the galaxy nexus so be it. I'm tired of reading crap about how "why would you want it" if you don't want it don't flash it when there's a touchwiz rom simple as that. Don't sit here and tell him you hate TW for what ever reason. He is asking for help to port it. If u are not going to contribute then don't say anything at all.
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Why buy a gnex if you want a manufacturer overlay?
Seems kind of strange to me. I got a gnex because I wanted pure google.
The Sensation forum is also full of people complaining they don't want sense.
It's all very strange, like buying a vw golf and being disappointed that you can't put a 7 litre v10 in it.
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dr.m0x said:
Why buy a gnex if you want a manufacturer overlay?
Seems kind of strange to me. I got a gnex because I wanted pure google.
The Sensation forum is also full of people complaining they don't want sense.
It's all very strange, like buying a vw golf and being disappointed that you can't put a 7 litre v10 in it.
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So you're last sentence is inferring the Galaxy Nexus is a mid range Android "vehicle" and Sense is a more advanced custom engine that it can't handle?
I know that's not what you meant, but the analogy was hmm
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[REQ] htc blinkfeed port

guys,
the new htc one is out and i've got to say the blinkfeed looks really good.
i hope some dev can port it to our phones
tia!:good:

chwoiy said:
guys,
the new htc one is out and i've got to say the blinkfeed looks really good.
i hope some dev can port it to our phones
tia!:good:
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Me too. Especially for AOSP based roms

bedi.gursimran said:
Me too. Especially for AOSP based roms
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sorry to burst your bubble it will NEVER happen. it relies on sense UI to function. will ONLY work with Sense UI unless of course a app developer makes a replica of it

It will never happen...but you can use FLIPBOARD that in my opinion is better
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[Q] Sense on our Nexus?

I can't be the only one to miss it.. don't think a ROM exists but maybe some themes or hell, even the HTC clock/weather widget would be kind of nice.
Anyone else?

Nope.
Sense is a huge resource eater in HTC, why bring it to Gnex?
There are plenty of widgets for that.

Not gonna happen since there aren't any TI based HTC phones.

blasphemy!

Search for themes and apps in the play store and even a simple google search. You can find enough stuff to at least make your phone feel somewhat like sense if you REALLY want that ugliness.

Sense slows down the phone since it is a huge memory hog but your best bet for a sense rom would be taking to the sense4all team if they still exist
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Kannibalism said:
Sense slows down the phone since it is a huge memory hog but your best bet for a sense rom would be taking to the sense4all team if they still exist
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They stopped for the Galaxy Nexus even if they still exist.
Were not seeing any other UI's ported for the Gnex except for what we have now(MiUi, Ubuntu, AOSP, any others?)
All u can do is modify the AOSP UI with themes and apps and zip files to make it feel like new UI.
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Would be nice if we could get a nice sense launcher on gnex. Having all the sense features isn't really necessary.
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eqjunkie829 said:
Would be nice if we could get a nice sense launcher on gnex. Having all the sense features isn't really necessary.
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The Sense launcher is all the features...