Epic 2.2 and touchwiz... - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all just had a quick question about the latest update. I used to have an epic awhile back when they was on 2.1 and noticed that we had a very dumbed down version of touchwiz.
So my question is with the latest os did they update the epic touchwiz to full like the vibrant and etc...
Reason I ask is I just bought an epic because I use my phone for gaming a lot and my evo is lag city on most new games with it's current gpu...
Thanks everybody in advance!
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I don't know if its the same as the other phones but it was upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2. Sorry I've never played with the phones u mentioned.!
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Envynet said:
Hey all just had a quick question about the latest update. I used to have an epic awhile back when they was on 2.1 and noticed that we had a very dumbed down version of touchwiz.
So my question is with the latest os did they update the epic touchwiz to full like the vibrant and etc...
Reason I ask is I just bought an epic because I use my phone for gaming a lot and my evo is lag city on most new games with it's current gpu...
Thanks everybody in advance!
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There was not a lot of changes in Touchwiz with the Froyo 2.2 upgrade other than the ability to order applications anyway you want on the Apllications pages. Plus adding a sort function and swapping out of docked applications.

kennyglass123 said:
There was not a lot of changes in Touchwiz with the Froyo 2.2 upgrade other than the ability to order applications anyway you want on the Apllications pages. Plus adding a sort function and swapping out of docked applications.
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And the ui changed. Ued to be light blue popups, now they are that nice dark blue. Some notification icons changed. All the icons for stock apps(messaging, email, etc) now have the correct touchwiz equivelant, instead of the android default. We got the touchwiz music player now, with notification controls. Unfortunately, the lockscreen did not change at all. The touchwiz home app now has pinch-to-zoom previews, and can have 1-7 screens. We also have the touchwiz messaging app, with blue and yellow chat bubbles. I think that covers everything.
Will edit if i remember anything.
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Wow...nice attention to detail Z.
Do you BONSAI?

kennyglass123 said:
Wow...nice attention to detail Z.
Do you BONSAI?
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'Tis what I do kenny lol
It helps staying stock all the time though.
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Thanks for all the feedback phone should be here wednesday!
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Envynet said:
Thanks for all the feedback phone should be here wednesday!
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Great! Grab yourself a nice ROM and enjoy all the Epic goodness.

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[ROM][Discontinued] Incredible_S_G2_port_beta][v0.80_Beta_Released

Discontinued no need for this port anymore
Today i bring you the beta version of this rom and what i have working on it so far, its based on the evo port, although alot of things work it might not be considered a DD(Daily Driver) for most. Dispite all this issues its my main Rom. Development and support will be limited, LiquidM_Villain is my priority.
Working
wifi
bluetooth
sound
hw3/egl
HD video playback
Sdcard mounting
leds
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Working with issues
GSM(in call volume is low)
Camcorder(crashe's while recording hd 720p videos) high quality and the rest of the profiles work
data?
gps?
sensors(accelerometer does not work)
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Not Working
Not shure you tell me. =)
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Installation instructions:
1.Copy test13_inc_g2.zip to the root of your Sd-Card
2.Reboot phone into Recovery Mode(CWM 3.0 is a must)
3.Chose wipe cata/factory reset
4.After its done Chose install zip from sdcard
5.look for choose zip from sdcard
6.The look for test13_inc_g2.zip and hit your touchpad button wait for it to finish and enjoy.
Download Link
http://android-maisters.thedevboard.com/t9-romincredible_s_g2_port_betav080_beta_released3-1-2011#14
Root Fix
http://www.mediafire.com/?hlurzaex2xrtdrt
OC_Kernel
http://www.mediafire.com/?fjsx9zps5kfgnc8
Screenshots:
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Credits
myn and incubus26jc for there awesome port
HomerSP best teacher anyone can ask for
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great job, hope this can release ASAP.
This looks interesting, though what exactly is different between this future ROM, and the rom for the Desire Z? It just seems like another Sense ROM to me.
Please don't take that the wrong way. It's great that you're porting different ROMs over to the G2! I'm just curious since I don't understand what sets it apart from a regular Sense ROM like Virtuous.
Stryder5 said:
This looks interesting, though what exactly is different between this future ROM, and the rom for the Desire Z? It just seems like another Sense ROM to me.
Please don't take that the wrong way. It's great that you're porting different ROMs over to the G2! I'm just curious since I don't understand what sets it apart from a regular Sense ROM like Virtuous.
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Incredible S is Gingerbread/2.3 with the new Sense. .. at least .. it SHOULD be .. lol
First the liquid now the Incredible s port?
Hard working man, I'm looking forward to this.
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dictionary said:
Incredible S is Gingerbread/2.3 with the new Sense. .. at least .. it SHOULD be .. lol
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Acutally the port is 2.2 froyo and 2.0 sense.
The Gingerbread sense port is located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11379272#post11379272
No developer as I know,is working on porting it to the G2 inwhich I'm also hoping for.
(Still crossing fingers hoping for a dev to snatch it for us.)
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Wait sense 2.3? My girlfriend has an evo and it says 2.2
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GunToYoMouth123 said:
Acutally the port is 2.2 froyo and 2.0 sense.
The Gingerbread sense port is located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11379272#post11379272
No developer as I know,is working on porting it to the G2 inwhich I'm also hoping for.
(Still crossing fingers hoping for a dev to snatch it for us.)
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Lol give it some time...
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Yeah, after I posted I looked at the photos, lol. Am I wrong though? I thought the Incredible S was supposed to launch with Gingerbread and the Sense 2.0 launcher. No?
Hmm... I don't know. The photo says 2.2.1 or something kinda blurry
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dictionary said:
Yeah, after I posted I looked at the photos, lol. Am I wrong though? I thought the Incredible S was supposed to launch with Gingerbread and the Sense 2.0 launcher. No?
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Yeah, your sadly wrong. I wish you where happily right. Lol
But nah, its comes shipped with 2.2.
But hopefully someone grabs the 2.3 ,or ima have to learn some cooking and throw 2.3 sense in the pot.
Lol
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Lol give it some time...
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Oh a lot of times bin given, don't quite understand why dev just past by such a tastey port. Lol
Sense, 2.3? Heh, its pretty sexy.
Don't cha think ? Hahaa.
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well so far the diferences are:
new widgets like a power control widget
email widget has been revamped
also there is a exchange widget? dunno how it differs from email
the new app drawer icon
um settings is a bit different
agenda widget
htc likes widget
there like 2 new people widgets
and twitter widget looks kind off dirent i guess.
edit: iv been told most of this is not new, bunch of this widgets are alredy in desire z builds, im guessing rmk40 ripps them out, or i never looked for them.
i will post more screen shots if i can.
btw wifi and bluetooth are fixed now.
siulmagic said:
well so far the diferences are:
new widgets like a power control widget
email widget has been revamped
also there is a exchange widget? dunno how it differs from email
the new app drawer icon
um settings is a bit different
agenda widget
htc likes widget
there like 2 new people widgets
and twitter widget looks kind off dirent i guess.
i will post more screen shots if i can.
btw wifi and bluetooth are fixed now.
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Very nice. Great to see a dev porting at such a great rate. Your the man thanks alot. Now I'll be such between this and liquid metal
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iv got gsm working(in call volume is low)
wifi works perfectly now
bluetooth works perfectly now
Camera works (issue with accelerometer does not turn camera to landscape mode)
camcoreder works but 720p recording crashes when you start recording after a few seconds.
Data should work? again i have no data plan to test this.
and probably something else i forgot.
expect a release tonight, iv been warned that comming soon threads are not allowed so, i will release a beta build, so you guys can test it out.
Regardless if we already have Desire Z Sense, I don't like the way Virtuous is going. Thank you for this Port!
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Regardless if we already have Desire Z Sense, I don't like the way Virtuous is going.
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Really? Curious as to why you're making that statement.
I'm running it right now, seems to be pretty smooth with decent battery life but issues with mms, screen randomly flashing and a couple other things are annoying.
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GOOD JOB ON THE PORTS!
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Well I don't like the UI changes that are going on, and I do not see some of my wish list features that kind of make sense.
Some UI changes that I do not like is the "3G+" Even though that used to be accurate I like my H and if Virtuous was going to decide to change the H icon the only icon I would not mind is a "4G" icon because that term is accurate now.
I don't like what they did with the personalized button, I liked the old way better it looked nicer and I find it to be useful because I like changing certain UI things up which Sense allows me to do.
Also Virtuous buddy does not seem to work as well as I would hope and I can not access the main settings part, which leaves me kind of frustrated because I would like to know if I could change what I did not like above.
What I would like to be changed is when you slide down the notifications bar I would like a power control rather than recent apps, I have a home screen for that and the app drawer can be just as quick.
I don't know if this last part is possible or not, but I would like more themes, or just a flat bar like slate with the HTC skin to it.
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There is a mod to make it a power contol, in the thread.
He said virtuous buddy is still beta.
If you don't like the personalize button.. flash the stock launcher.. yet again there is a mod for that in the thread.
The 3g+ icon is stock with the ROM. That's how HTC put it.
Make more themes since your so needy.
Conclusion: Read in the thread. Almost ALL that stuff you was complaining about besides the 3g+ icon is fixable, if you Read and stop complaining. Better yet don't flash the ROM. And I highly doubt RMK or HTC care about your wish list.
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Fantastic. Can't wait
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any ideas?

im looking for a rom with lots of eye candy..i tried merge but i didnt like the 2.2 lockscreen and i couldnt change it for some reason...anyone have any other ideas
Use widget locker to change the lockscreen.
If you want a different ROM with eye candy try Swagged. I've never tried it myself but it's supposed to be a pretty popular ROM with aesthetic tweaks.
Alright I will check that out thanks for the response
If you want eye candy and speed check out Sinister's new release Sinister ROM RLV9 it is supposed to be really stable and just about EVERYTHING is working. If you like a good snappy sense ROM, I am in love with the Prime XL 3D ROM, which has Beats Audio and Sense 3.5. It is super responsive and has so many features and goodies your jaw will drop. I love the 3d animations on the home screen, native Power+ home screen shot, prime tweaks, and all the other 3.5 goodness.
Blazing Roms Hybrid 1.1 started off buggy, but it seems like the ROM is settling in now that I've had it for a day and is pretty sweet.
Flyer express 4g has some resizing issues but soon to be a daily
... If not already
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Well right now I'm using kings shooter with the red venom theme I'm really liking it but ill definetly check out your suggestions
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Is it absolutely necessary to partition SD card...if so how do i do it...I'm still new to the EVO
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check it out
jboyer0000 said:
im looking for a rom with lots of eye candy..i tried merge but i didnt like the 2.2 lockscreen and i couldnt change it for some reason...anyone have any other ideas
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click on the link in my sig, it has all the updated aosp roms/kernels and it has descriptions to all of them
ill check a couple of them out i used cm7 for a little bit but for some reason i like the "sense" feel
Try evolved recharged rom. Very sleek. I downloaded a few other skins for it as well ads a font pack. He also posted some more themes for it to.
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Ya ill have to check that out. I haven't seen it yet, but that sounds like what I want. Id like to have a few themes to choose from
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Try evolved recharged rom. Very sleek. I downloaded a few other skins for it as well ads a font pack. He also posted some more themes for it to.
Sent from my highspeed rooted Evo.
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Alright I will check that out thanks for the response
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Dont forget to press the thanks button when people post something that helps you.
I do when I'm at the computer ill try to thank everyone that's helped me when i get home
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want stock tw lockscreen, or just ics - for mtd

i am looking for a lockscreen only. was hoping someone just had the stock one and could post or point me to it.
either a ICS or just a stock TW lockscreen, not a whole theme.
thanks for any info!
diptenkrom said:
i am looking for a lockscreen only. was hoping someone just had the stock one and could post or point me to it.
either a ICS or just a stock TW lockscreen, not a whole theme.
thanks for any info!
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What rom are you on?
It is here inside my Mod thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367503
Backup before you flash anything.
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What rom are you on?
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thanks for the reply,
sorry, thought i had left enough info.
CleanGB-mtd with shadowkernel1.0.4 for mtd.
it is in my sig, but i know some people don't update that...
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It is here inside my Mod thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367503
Backup before you flash anything.
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thanks! downloaded the TW lockscreen from your thread.
will hold on to it and see if someone posts a ICS one... if not the TW one it will be!
diptenkrom said:
thanks! downloaded the TW lockscreen from your thread.
will hold on to it and see if someone posts a ICS one... if not the TW one it will be!
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The ics one wont work on 2.3
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Widget locker has the absolute best ICS lockscreen I've seen. Highly recommend it.
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marcusant said:
The ics one wont work on 2.3
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What do yu have to have for it to work? Only ICS? I thought I saw a complete theme that had it for GB, but I could have been mistaken... oh well, TW doesn't hurt my feelings at all.
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I am in the exact same boat, down to the ROM and everything. I love everything about CleanGB except I'd like to have more lockscreen functions (especially camera!).
Widgetlocker is great because you can customize it down to the last inch, but I didn't like the idle resource and battery drain. Same with the Magic Locker ICS theme (which is great because it has calls and SMS notification counts built in, and it's free). But both are simply apps that float on top.
Until there's an ICS style lock that I can zip into, I guess I'll go back to the stock touchwiz. Thanks Kenny.
-tory
Widgetlocker uses 5-6mb of ram and does not affect performance or battery. That's less ram than swype and just barely more than vvm.
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May have to try out the widgetlocker, but would rather have a straightup lockscreen. I don't understand why it couldn't be ported over, though.
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diptenkrom said:
May have to try out the widgetlocker, but would rather have a straightup lockscreen. I don't understand why it couldn't be ported over, though.
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Ics contains a whole other framework. Have you ever used ICS? It is completely different than gingerbread...
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Yes I have used it. Have 2 nexus s phones as well. That is why I liked the lockscreen so much. I really want ics on the epic, but I know that is gunna be a while.
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marcusant said:
Ics contains a whole other framework. Have you ever used ICS? It is completely different than gingerbread...
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To be fair, it could be ported, and rewritten for GB. A lot of work, yes. Possible, yes. Likely, no. Not unless the tsm mod has it next time maddoggin ports it again lol.
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Zeinzu said:
Widgetlocker uses 5-6mb of ram and does not affect performance or battery. That's less ram than swype and just barely more than vvm.
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Aha. I found out why it seemed to be draining the battery faster. I've been using juice defender to cut 3G when the screen is off. The problem is that JD won't recognize these apps as a true screenlock, so it doesn't turn off 3G.
I recently bought tasker so I'll try learning how to use that for controlling connectivity instead.
-tory
I hear tasker> jd. In fact I hear all around jd is junk. Even used it myself once and it definitely did nothing to help.
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Zeinzu said:
I hear tasker> jd. In fact I hear all around jd is junk. Even used it myself once and it definitely did nothing to help.
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Love how everybody keeps saying that... works great for me! Guess its just one of thsoe ymmv things... I only use it cuz I forget to cut off my data when not using it...
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I'm happy with my setup your happy with yours. It's all good.
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Well, JD worked well enough for me to notice a drastic difference in my battery idle. With the JD inactivated and 3G hooked up, I would drain 4-5% per hour at idle. Cutting idle 3G made for a much nicer 1% per hour.
Tasker is much more controllable. Now I have it set up so that only apps that require data turn on 3G when activated. This is great because JD only toggled connectivity with the screen status. Now I can use the camera, text, or play games without 3G turning on at all. There is a 2 second lag for switching on 3G that I usually have to refresh for, but the kill speed after exiting is instantaneous. Great program.
Don't mean to hijack, I know this is moving away from the OP's (and my) question. Let's hear it for a baked-in ICS lock coming soon!
-tory
diptenkrom said:
thanks! downloaded the TW lockscreen from your thread.
will hold on to it and see if someone posts a ICS one... if not the TW one it will be!
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You can use MIUI locker and download the ICS theme

People/Contacts App

I'm loving ICS on my SII. This is the only android phone that I haven't rooted and don't plan to unless absolutely necessary.
However, I would like to have the stock ICS people app and (dialer if possible). I've already stopped using the TWlauncher and have been using the android launcher...love it.
Is it possible to load either of these without rooting?
And yes I've searched the board but could not find a concrete answer. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
you have to be more specific are you on the ota ics or gb
Dude man if your not using the tw launcher ROOT dude! Aosp is so much better.
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charlie81 said:
you have to be more specific are you on the ota ics or gb
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It does say hes 'Loving ICS on his S2'. That aside i think he wants the AOSP dialer and contacts apps. I dont believe you can do that without rooting as they are in /system i believe and you cant touch that without permission. If anyone knows better please correct me.
Been using exDialer with the ICS theme. Freakin' awesome!
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It does say hes 'Loving ICS on his S2'. That aside i think he wants the AOSP dialer and contacts apps. I dont believe you can do that without rooting as they are in /system i believe and you cant touch that without permission. If anyone knows better please correct me.
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Yes. I have OTA ICS. I know I should just root and load a custom ROM. I did that a lot with my original Epic but I don't want to root just for those 2 features. Thanks for all the replies. Looks like I'll have to settle for Samsung Dialers and contacts. No biggie.
I would also like to mention exDialer. Load up the ICS theme and you're good. Contacts isn't the same as ICS stock is, but it's good.
There is also an ICS Phone app in Play Store.
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Easy-to-use ROM?

Hey everyone. My Mother-in-Law has the Sprint SGSII and.....she hates it! She needs the capabilities the phone offers for her business, but she is extremely frustrated with the UI of Android. She is currently running the most recent ICS update. I am curious to know, from experienced users of this phone, what the most user-friendly ROM is - considering the end user.
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DrgnRebrn said:
Hey everyone. My Mother-in-Law has the Sprint SGSII and.....she hates it! She needs the capabilities the phone offers for her business, but she is extremely frustrated with the UI of Android. She is currently running the most recent ICS update. I am curious to know, from experienced users of this phone, what the most user-friendly ROM is - considering the end user.
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I recommend the Blu Kuban Rom, its pretty much drama free. Use Odin to install a rooted version of ICS, then install CWM Recovery. Once that is installed slap the Blu Kuban ROM onto your SD card. Boot into recovery and install the ROM.
You will want to read some FAQs and guides if you haven't done it before.
Probably miui
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My vote goes for stock with Apex launcher, the feature to lock the desktop is amazing for newbie android users, grouping shortcuts, customize the bottom icons, slight theming, working good so far.
I've rooted my SGS3 & am running StrongSteve's Odexed Blue, but this is my first Android phone & rooting experience. I will definately read the stickies & FAQs before I do anything. Hopefully the Epic 4G Touch isn't too different from my SGS3.
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Stock, let the mother in law deal with Sprint especially if she uses her phone for business. Next thing ya know you get blamed if she misses a call or gets a late text.
Try a different launcher like apex or nova first. Lots of ppl also like go launcher, many themes
I have Nova launcher and I like it. Or go to settings, apps, select all, go to twlauncher and clear defaults then hit the home key to switch to twlauncher and you can make it your default for a straight Android look.
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Go gingerbread and run stock or a stock ROM with tweaks. I'd say go with either blazers 4.1 calks 3.0 or unofficial ICS gingerbread ROM. ICS is just poo.
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Go gingerbread and run stock or a stock ROM with tweaks. I'd say go with either blazers 4.1 calks 3.0 or unofficial ICS gingerbread ROM. ICS is just poo.
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Why GB over ICS? I'm new to Android and have only experienced ICS, so I am unaware of the differences in ease-of-use/system UI.
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someguyatx said:
Stock, let the mother in law deal with Sprint especially if she uses her phone for business. Next thing ya know you get blamed if she misses a call or gets a late text.
Try a different launcher like apex or nova first. Lots of ppl also like go launcher, many themes
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HA! She's already missing calls, butt-dialing china, mass deleting contacts, opening every installed app on her phone, etc. That's why I started his thread!
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I got my tech retarded dad an evo 3d and put an AOSP ICS rom on it for him.It seems to be working well enough. As such I cannot recommend an AOSP rom enough for simplicity and ease of use. Google is like pretty good at what they do and IMHO AOSP is the cleanest, simplest to use option available. Keep the stock launcher and just put phone, browser, text and email in it...
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DrgnRebrn said:
HA! She's already missing calls, butt-dialing china, mass deleting contacts, opening every installed app on her phone, etc. That's why I started his thread!
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No ROM is going to fix stupidity. No offense to your in laws.
That being said blu Kuban is a good choice for customizing to her specific needs. I usually refer to it as the "build your own ROM" ROM. However she may be a little daunted by the frequent updates and large amount of options. If you do choose that ROM I would highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the faq in my sig so you can send to any issues she may have with it. Also any ROM by team VeNuM, especially m'ICS or blue BOA would be a good choice as far as stability is concerned.
Ravaged Pheonix said:
No ROM is going to fix stupidity. No offense to your in laws.
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Hehe, none taken. She's not stupid, just "technologically challenged."
I can't remember where I saw the screen shot, perhaps an article on Android Authority, but I seem to recall seeing an initial setup screen shot from a GNex w/JB - shortly after Google launch party. That screen shot allowed two options, basically beginner or advanced mode. I believe I came away with the impression that was geared towards the UI too, not the setup method.
Now, I know JB ROMs are in alpha stage for the e4gt. Do you think I should wait for, what looks to be, an official JB release for the SGSII from Samsung?
Thoughts? Has anyone else seen, read, heard, or experienced this "beginner mode" on JB - or were the paint fumes at my office gettin' to me more than I thought they were that day?
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JB roms are not quite ready yet. There was some type of easy setup thing though. Honestly your best bet would probably be a simple launcher and lockscreen.
Keep it stock. Use a different launcher and remove all but one screen. Put the things she uses most on it as shortcuts, then lock it so she can't accidentally mess it up. Did that for my wife and it really helped!
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no rom will fix this try Mihome miui launcher its as simple as it can get good luck
Ive been using the TeAm VeNuM cRaCk StOck[FH23] for the past couple of days and you cant get much more simple than that. Only change I made was switch to the Apex Launcher. The battery life is incredible!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1863756
DrgnRebrn said:
Why GB over ICS? I'm new to Android and have only experienced ICS, so I am unaware of the differences in ease-of-use/system UI.
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I find GB more stable then most ICS ROMs. Great battery life awesome signal and great GPS locks. Most GB ROMs are complete and done with updates due to ICS coming out. Currently ICS is still being updated and has many flaws. A lot of the devs like ruj and mijjz got their stuff in order but they update a lot and may irritate your mother in law.
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You can just keep stock and go dead simple with i launcher. It will obviously have no bugs (its stock). its just an iphone launcher

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