I just made the switch from the S2 to the Nexus, and love the phone minus two things...
I really dislike how the nexus doesnt start to search contacts when you start to dial there name or number... any way to flash the touchwiz phone app?
And the smiley face icon that pops up in the notifications and the stock messenger app icon are a REAL dislike, any way to use the touchwiz messenger app?
Hmmm... mine will pop up a contact as soon as you type in a couple of letters. You can also hit the microphone on the home screen and just say "call Mary" and it will do it.
Like if the person's name is sarah... on touchwiz you can start to type S A R
and it will filter the contacts and display the first couple that match, and when you continue to type it will narrow down the contacts... my nexus just displays the dialer
Ls1ssz28 said:
Like if the person's name is sarah... on touchwiz you can start to type S A R
and it will filter the contacts and display the first couple that match, and when you continue to type it will narrow down the contacts... my nexus just displays the dialer
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T9 Dialer.
You might find alternative dialers in the Market.
If not...custom roms have this option.
Ok yeah I was thinking that I might have to resort to flashing a custom rom..which i was going to do anyway
Do you by chance know if using the galaxy S3 launcher brings any of these features?
I know im going to get flamed for mention this, but i do like a FEW things from touchwiz such as the phone and icon... could you recomend any of the custom roms?
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
Ls1ssz28 said:
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
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i dont think so. they use the touchwiz framework, so you would need all the framework items too.
Ls1ssz28 said:
would there be a way to pull the apks from a 4.0.4 build of the s2 and use those apks?
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You need more than just the apks, you need all of the other touchwiz BS. And the launcher isn't going to bring the functionality either.
There's a S3 add on pack that might suit your fancy. I recommend flashing it on top of AOKP, it was buttery smooth with no problems for me.
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Thanks! Ill check it out... Honestly in regards to the messaging icon, could i just change the icon for the stock apk?
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One more reason to GO!!!! Go Contacts has Go Dialer included with works with any reasonable resolution (182-240) that LCD Density has on the Samsung Epic. Just replace the icon on your launcher with the Go Launcher Dialer and if you want Go Contacts and you are good to go. Go those of you who have balls of steel you can try a lower resolution but I won't I don't want to mess my phone up and have FC issues. I am happy I tried go launcher I am even trying go SMS and I have discovered it is way better than the stock SMS. But I will keep the stock SMS for MMS purposes. Since I heard that you need the stock SMS to send MMS messages. Plus I have a modified stock SMS that sends picture that are up to 5MB in size. I am happy I found the solution to my problem without have to create a theme which would take hours to do!!!
You'll need to contact the Creator, its apparent it doesn't fully support your choice of ROM
some info here -> Epic
Custom theme for smaller screen density.
Shoulon said:
You'll need to contact the Creator, its apparent it doesn't fully support your choice of ROM
I click on the link and read all through the post another person goto it to work for their epic too. I have no problem getting it to work on my Samsung Epic. It works great for me. It works great just the dialer look funny. Can somebody create a flash-able dialer for this screen density or even a theme for this screen density.
some info here -> Epic
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Works fine on midnight rom... Didn't like how small my bookmark widget looked @200 so I went to 230. just a subtle change but nice.
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Works fine on midnight rom... Didn't like how small my bookmark widget looked @200 so I went to 230. just a subtle change but nice.
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oh well, idk... thats good then? lol. Just trying to help.
Can I change my dialer picture to work with the 186 density on LCD density changer?
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oh well, idk... thats good then? lol. Just trying to help.
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That is cool I remember the touch pro 2 had a dialer file that you could alter and resize for different Rom builds. I was just wonder if you could do the same thing with android?
That would relate to the dialer.apk probably. Less then the whole "android os" itself
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That would relate to the dialer.apk probably. Less then the whole "android os" itself
Sent from a Epic 4G
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Some people can change the look of the dialer, color,
appearance, etc. So it is possible it is just having the know how and most importantly the time to do it.
I asked a similar question a while ago and got zero answers.
I'm suprised more people are not into changing the dpi of their screen. Default is annoyingly large.
I run at 182, the smallest it will run without fc's from contacts.apk
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I run at 182, the smallest it will run without fc's from contacts.apk
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Yeah I hated that. 180 worked fine on 2.1. There needs to be a way to edit the Dialer.apk so the graphics show up normally. The same thing for the camera app.
How can we get people to like LCD Density.
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Yeah I hated that. 180 worked fine on 2.1. There needs to be a way to edit the Dialer.apk so the graphics show up normally. The same thing for the camera app.
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If we can get enough people using LCD Density. Maybe somebody will make a theme for it that is between 182 and 186. If one of the themer can fall in love with is program we might have a chance.
I'm definitely looking for an answer to this also. Would be awesome for one of our devs to implement. Maybe if we shoot a pm to one of them.
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Try Go Contacts with has a Go Dialer included it is free.
I found the solution to my problem. The program I use is called Go Contacts which has go dialer bundled with. Download on free application and get the second for free. You can't beat that deal!!!! I am also using go SMS. I wanted to go all GO but I like the launcher on Launcher Pro Plus better than Go Launcher EX. But that can change if the widget were more like HTC and if it had a scrollable dock.
I'm specifically talking about the options at the top on Samsung Epic 4G Touch. I would love to root my phone and make it look like my previous HTC dialer, but I doubt that's even possible. Is there anyway to remove the top options (Ya know, keypad, logs, contacts, favorites)? I would just like the dialpad and nothing else. Thankyou.
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I'm specifically talking about the options at the top on Samsung Epic 4G Touch. I would love to root my phone and make it look like my previous HTC dialer, but I doubt that's even possible. Is there anyway to remove the top options (Ya know, keypad, logs, contacts, favorites)? I would just like the dialpad and nothing else. Thankyou.
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I just use "Go Contacts"...it is the most like HTC's dialer. That is the only thing I miss from Sense, the dialer. It's also skinnable.
Yeah the dialer in Go Contacts is pretty good. The last time I installed it though, it seemed to have wakelocked my phone when I ignored an incoming call. At least I think it did it. I'm a battery hawk so I uninstalled first and asked questions later. Definitely give it a try though.
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I just use "Go Contacts"...it is the most like HTC's dialer. That is the only thing I miss from Sense, the dialer. It's also skinnable.
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Thanks, I tried it and it looks really good! But I guess the next step I wanna take is replacing the dialer. It's Android, which mean Open Source, right? Meaning ANYTHING is changeable? I could replace it with any dialer by default right? And I'm not talking about when hitting the home button and clicking "set Go Contacts as default". I mean, really get rid of the dialer and replace it as if it came with stock. Does anyone think/know if this is possible?
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Thanks, I tried it and it looks really good! But I guess the next step I wanna take is replacing the dialer. It's Android, which mean Open Source, right? Meaning ANYTHING is changeable? I could replace it with any dialer by default right? And I'm not talking about when hitting the home button and clicking "set Go Contacts as default". I mean, really get rid of the dialer and replace it as if it came with stock. Does anyone think/know if this is possible?
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If you're rooted, yeah. I mean, I wouldn't...just remove the stock dialer icon and put that one in it's place. It has a dialer...and without the stock dialer you can't use ##codes...and I love ##codes.
Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
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Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
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you can try using a different keyboard from the market...tons of those. i use thumb keyboard, has themes and very customizable.
jase33 said:
you can try using a different keyboard from the market...tons of those.
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This actually didn't cross my mind sadly as I'm so used to getting everything from XDA or google and not the store!
I'm wondering if there's any lightweight keyboards that look / feel like ICS then? Because a reskin won't be enough, the actual button itself would need to have its icon and mapping changed.
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This actually didn't cross my mind sadly as I'm so used to getting everything from XDA or google and not the store!
I'm wondering if there's any lightweight keyboards that look / feel like ICS then? Because a reskin won't be enough, the actual button itself would need to have its icon and mapping changed.
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with thumb keyboard i have a custom layout similar to stock but works better for me. it also allows you to bind functions to keys so that what you use most is right there. or look and see what else is available in the market... play... google store... place... thing
jase33 said:
with thumb keyboard i have a custom layout similar to stock but works better for me. it also allows you to bind functions to keys so that what you use most is right there. or look and see what else is available in the market... play... google store... place... thing
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Got it, thanks! I guess if anyone else has any recommendations for a keyboard they like to use then I'm all ears! I'll take a look at a couple when I'm on my lunch break.
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Got it, thanks! I guess if anyone else has any recommendations for a keyboard they like to use then I'm all ears! I'll take a look at a couple when I'm on my lunch break.
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I've been a huge fan of the swiftkey 3 beta (link). Love the layout and the prediction engine. I'm using it with the holo theme which gels nicely with the ics feel. In this particular case, using the stock mms app has the return key in that corner, with smileys as the long press behavior for it.
That said it is a free beta that will eventually expire and the paid version is $3, I believe.
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I've been a huge fan of the swiftkey 3 beta (link). Love the layout and the prediction engine. I'm using it with the holo theme which gels nicely with the ics feel. In this particular case, using the stock mms app has the return key in that corner, with smileys as the long press behavior for it.
That said it is a free beta that will eventually expire and the paid version is $3, I believe.
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Just installed it, seems like a really cool app. If I long press the smiley in the bottom right corner I can get to the newline button but do you know how to make it the default action? I never use those stupid smiley faces.
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Just installed it, seems like a really cool app. If I long press the smiley in the bottom right corner I can get to the newline button but do you know how to make it the default action? I never use those stupid smiley faces.
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try replacing your mms.apk with this one. it is blacked out stock ICS and has replaced the smiley with newline button. just use root explorer and rename yours as mms.apk.bak and copy this one to system/app and set permissions and reboot. may be just what you were looking for.
Keypurr is the best and fastest keyboard in my opinion. You should definitely give it a try
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Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
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I absolutely can't stand that there is no new line button in SMS and MMS. How do you banish such an integral part of writing? Lol
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
All the threads that I have looked at for this seem to be for sound or text-based notifications that are either sent to your screen or email, almost being as easily missed as the original. I'm looking for something very simple, similar to the circles with the quantity of calls/messages that you may have missed used by Sense ROMs. Nothing I've tried from the Play Store works. I'm even willing to flash a different ROM. I am currently running Task650's AOKP ROM (4.2.2). Thanks in advance, and I really did search first!
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All the threads that I have looked at for this seem to be for sound or text-based notifications that are either sent to your screen or email, almost being as easily missed as the original. I'm looking for something very simple, similar to the circles with the quantity of calls/messages that you may have missed used by Sense ROMs. Nothing I've tried from the Play Store works. I'm even willing to flash a different ROM. I am currently running Task650's AOKP ROM (4.2.2). Thanks in advance, and I really did search first!
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You can try using uccw and create one yourself.
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Light flow is definitely feature rich. It might be worth checking out
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JohnnyMac999 said:
All the threads that I have looked at for this seem to be for sound or text-based notifications that are either sent to your screen or email, almost being as easily missed as the original. I'm looking for something very simple, similar to the circles with the quantity of calls/messages that you may have missed used by Sense ROMs. Nothing I've tried from the Play Store works. I'm even willing to flash a different ROM. I am currently running Task650's AOKP ROM (4.2.2). Thanks in advance, and I really did search first!
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Nova, Apex, Go, Next launchers all have extensions that allow for this. Tasks ROM has built in "breathing" sms notifications in the status bar, plus missed call and text notifications in the status bar. Then there is Dashclock widget that can be used on both your lockscreen and homescreen.
What more do you want? Look at all the various notifications below.
hello,i flashed cm11 and i like it alot, except for one thing.
the problem is when i go to my contacts screen,and im scrolling through my contacts- if i just tap on the a certain contact by accident , the phone calls them right away.
on the stock firmware, if you tap the contact - it opens up another page with information about that contact...
is there anyway to disable this feature on cm11
i really like it, and its the only reason thats keeping me from making it my DAILY..
THANKS
BookinZ06 said:
hello,i flashed cm11 and i like it alot, except for one thing.
the problem is when i go to my contacts screen,and im scrolling through my contacts- if i just tap on the a certain contact by accident , the phone calls them right away.
on the stock firmware, if you tap the contact - it opens up another page with information about that contact...
is there anyway to disable this feature on cm11
i really like it, and its the only reason thats keeping me from making it my DAILY..
THANKS
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On every ROM i use, no matter it TW, AOSP, or CM, i use exDialer found on the play store. VERY many customizations to make it the perfect dialer app ever. Otherwise, have you gone through the settings of the contacts to see if that is an option?
elesbb said:
On every ROM i use, no matter it TW, AOSP, or CM, i use exDialer found on the play store. VERY many customizations to make it the perfect dialer app ever. Otherwise, have you gone through the settings of the contacts to see if that is an option?
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i did not try that dialer from the play store.
i did go through the setting on the cm11, and unfortunately it was not changeable ..
i will try this ex dialer and see how it does .. thanks