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ICS vs Gingerbread

For me is not a big deal about ICS but for some it is....here is a comparison I found on YouTube. If I r on the xda app and it doesn't open click on, open in browser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofEgPEwTWrg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Save us almighty CM and AOSP from the binds of Samsung and TouchWiz. Amen
Nice video. Seems like the browser has improved quite a bit.

me_is_rushin said:
Save us almighty CM and AOSP from the binds of Samsung and TouchWiz. Amen
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Amen brother! Preach on with your bad self!
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Amen!
Honestly the difference between aosp gingerbread and Ics is like what it is between windows 7 and XP. Once you make the leap you will never look back.
From touch wiz...it's like the windows ME of the bunch. POS....

zander21510 said:
Amen!
Honestly the difference between aosp gingerbread and Ics is like what it is between windows 7 and XP. Once you make the leap you will never look back.
From touch wiz...it's like the windows ME of the bunch. POS....
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But if we are talking Motoblur, Sense and TouchWizz....yah Ill take the wizz.

Personally, I think the "official" ICS (LPQ) for the SGS2 seems more like an alpha build than a final product. CM9 nightly version for the i9100 feels more stable than Samsung's LPQ release.
I think I'd just stick with Gingerbread, rather than upgrade to Samsung's ICS builds.

obviously ICS is better the look the feel the speed
Its like saying Tupac vs Sojiua boy

Yes... Another ICS thread!
Much like most of us, I've gotten fed up with the ICS thread phenomenon..
However, I wanted to post this thread for the veterans and Devs.
Of course those of us in the know have been watching the activity escalate in the online feeds, and I have to say it's exciting to see the ramping up of releases and leaks..
We are at the threshold of real ICS goodness. I for one have been watching Kevin's Nova Launcher, since I am not a big fan of TouchWiz. Don't get me wrong, Samsung is impressive at coding.. it's functional and beautiful but too too slow and not enough customization for us hardcore themers.. With a few custom apps I see a gorgeous, lightning fast, better than Vanilla ICS experience coming.
Thoughts?
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My thoughts: I don't get the big deal over ICS Now, people running WP7 on the other hand...I can see why they get jacked about OS updates - WP7 sucks exponentially less with each one

I can understand people not liking TouchWiz because of the lack of customization and other reasons but not for being too slow. When I first got my S2 I thought it was blazing fast. OP you really think TouchWiz is too slow?

zkid2010 said:
My thoughts: I don't get the big deal over ICS Now, people running WP7 on the other hand...I can see why they get jacked about OS updates - WP7 sucks exponentially less with each one
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that's in two different states to qualify, right?
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Ics has hardware acceleration. That makes the phone feel brand new. I'm running it on my vibrant and it's like a whole new world. I really wouldn't mind twizz ics because I personally like it.
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ingenious247 said:
Thoughts?
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I do not see the point of this thread

I actually just made a few posts in other threads about a vanilla launcher before seeing this.. check out trebuchet its similar to nova.
I get where you are headed and with a 4.0 build and a few custom aosp apps we can easily have a pretty vanilla rom
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I need to get an answer, which I've been combing through the forums and the internet. I've heard through a very reputable source that Samsung coded Touchwiz so deep it utilizes the on chip GPU verses all the other launchers uses up precious phone resources. Touchwiz was "made" for the hardware of this phone.
Can someone please verify this.
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lawalty said:
I need to get an answer, which I've been combing through the forums and the internet. I've heard through a very reputable source that Samsung coded Touchwiz so deep it utilizes the on chip GPU verses all the other launchers uses up precious phone resources. Touchwiz was "made" for the hardware of this phone.
Can someone please verify this.
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Precious resources? Lol I'm running an alternative launcher and a bunch of other intensive apps and have over 500MB of RAM free...
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I hate ics too wait,what, we have ics build for t989 im downloading now
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death to TW!!! HAHA

Tw isn't even that bad lol, our phones are fast enough that it doesn't matter

i think its more the UI that most people don't like. ICS is so much prettier and smoother. for me, give me AOSP and I'll decide how I want my phone to look.
But the biggest reason I don't like TW or Sense or any of those custom UI's is cuz it just delays OS updates that much more cuz of that crap. When the AOSP version does everything the Custom ones do....what do I need the custom one for?

Hello Peeps!

Im not new here because i have always looked around the forums when i had older phones. Now that I have a galaxy s 3 for tmobile, i felt the need to get on here and realize the true potential of this beast phone.Very interested in android developement and making this phone shine. Im ready for everyones input on whatever i have to say and will be all ears.

This phone shines out of the box. There is no need to worry about losing your imei anymore. So you can root and flash normally now. My opinion. Cm is losing its flavor. All the features of touch wiz are amazing and not really worth losing.
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Glad to have you here. I'm running the euroskank nightlies. Got jelly bro indeed?
Cyanogen mod is not losing its swag. A lot of them including Cyanogen work for Samsung.
Miui team as well.
That's why touchwiz doesn't suck as much.
Still sucks though. Jk
Peace
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Before doing anything you should backup your IMEI though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29514187#post29514187

I use to never flash anything besides cyanogen mod. Ever since the g1 days. I had the Htc one S and gave sense a chance for the first time and altho I never felt quite comfortable I found it pretty nice and less bloated than previous builds. I then upgraded to this beast (sgs3) and I absolutely love touchwiz. I don't see me flashing cm until most bugs are sorted out and if they add a better camera, and the touchwiz motion shortcuts which I find myself using more than I thought.
I don't see what people don't like about touchwiz. It's clean and simple which is what made me fall in love with cm. I'm sure cm probably is less bloated under the hood but I'm not ready to part with touchwiz. I'll wait for cm10 stable.
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elracing21 said:
I use to never flash anything besides cyanogen mod. Ever since the g1 days. I had the Htc one S and gave sense a chance for the first time and altho I never felt quite comfortable I found it pretty nice and less bloated than previous builds. I then upgraded to this beast (sgs3) and I absolutely love touchwiz. I don't see me flashing cm until most bugs are sorted out and if they add a better camera, and the touchwiz motion shortcuts which I find myself using more than I thought.
I don't see what people don't like about touchwiz. It's clean and simple which is what made me fall in love with cm. I'm sure cm probably is less bloated under the hood but I'm not ready to part with touchwiz. I'll wait for cm10 stable.
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I think tw is nice as well it has a lot functionality, but I hate the colors they chose for it, I think if this phone had a theme choose like cm does it would be even better
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MacTheRipperr said:
This phone shines out of the box. There is no need to worry about losing your imei anymore. So you can root and flash normally now. My opinion. Cm is losing its flavor. All the features of touch wiz are amazing and not really worth losing.
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CM is meant to provide a vanilla android experience... what do you expect.

Touchwiz is full of dark colors with blue. My favorite color. Maybe that's why I love it.
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[Q] What ROM?

I got my phone rooted.. Now what ROM would you recommend? I've moved over from HTC Sense.. so I would like something that has some sense alternatives like favorite contacts widget, bookmarks, and weather. So what would you recommend for me?

FreeGS3...all kinds of mods, a good theme, update me so you can customize your way...you will be very happy..link is in my sig below

I'm loving FreeGS3, but really try them all. Ask yourself a question - Do you want to stay with touchwiz or go with a aosp Rom.
Currently there is only a handful of each. Read the OP before you flash anything. And it wouldn't hurt to backtrack a few pages from the last one and get caught up on what bugs people are talking about.
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I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?

molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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Try both... Read the threads... Form your own opinion... Test em out.... Neither will eat your phone...
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I've always liked AOSP roms(CM9/10, AOKP) but dang man Sammy got it down with the GS3's TW so i find myself running FreeGS3 since its still TW with extras(mods and themes baby!) but yeah like everyone else is saying try them out. My other rom i keep up with though are the Cm10 Nightlies.

FreeGS3 user here. Best Rom I've flashed so far and the developer (clark44) is on top of things and talks to his userbase regularly via irc and responds relatively quickly in thread.
I came from the evo4g so I know the feel.
I installed a sense clock lookalike and when I have some free time plan to at least see if I can install a similar contacts/dialer app if I can't get the real deal. Everything else is awesome though, and the TW calendar is definitely better.
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molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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I think the reason theres not a lot of roms for the gs3 yet is that the phone is relatively new. Wait... we'll have a ton of them in a month or 2.

Anything with an aosp base for sure. Touchwiz sucks although sense is htc's touchwiz so its about taste i guess. I would flash freegs3 or some other tw based rom and use the dualboot setup as a means of trying some aosp flavor so you can have both while u make up ur mind

I've been using the CM10 nightlies and they're running great for me!
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I've been using phantom hacker's blazer Rom since I got mine and loved until the last few weeks when the updates pretty much stopped due to ph getting is laptop stolen. Also using joshs jellybomb domination for a theme setup. Now while I like this set up I haven't yet tried others much because I have liked it so far mad if I like a Rom I tend to stick with it. I do prefer the stock lock screen over the jb one though.
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I'm a big fan of Strongsteve Odex Blue. You really have to like blue a lot, though.

billard412 said:
Anything with an aosp base for sure. Touchwiz sucks although sense is htc's touchwiz so its about taste i guess. I would flash freegs3 or some other tw based rom and use the dualboot setup as a means of trying some aosp flavor so you can have both while u make up ur mind
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Dual boot sounds interesting.. got a thread on the setup?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1767144
Can be set up to dualboot cm10/aokp/P.A as well

molitar said:
I don't know either ROM. They say developers are flocking to S3 but there is so few ROM's compared to HTC why is that? Like I said I een a fan of HTC Sense and I prefer whatever has the closest feel to it.. the favorites widgets, animated weather, Messenger Widgets I just can't seem to find any variation of for Android. The UI is just so clean of a feel to it what would come closest of the two?
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Personally I don't mind at all having just a handful of good roms. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Of the devices with tons of roms how many of those are either slight variants of other roms or just not quality? I mean how many roms does there need to be really as long as the themes/mods are plentiful? My 2 cents.

CCallahan said:
Personally I don't mind at all having just a handful of good roms. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Of the devices with tons of roms how many of those are either slight variants of other roms or just not quality? I mean how many roms does there need to be really as long as the themes/mods are plentiful? My 2 cents.
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Yeah....what he said

Does dual boot work well with TWRP recovery? Just want to make sure before I try it as I am using the FreeGS3 v0.1.0 on the phone now. It uses Update Me for many mods for that ROM. Been nice and stable ROM for me.

no twrp wont work it gotta be the cwm thats linked on their page

Ok.. btw since CWM it won't work with the CWM Touch Recovery either? The non touch recoveries really suck.

Your favourite UI?

hi all
just wondering , what's your favourite android skin beside stock ?
TW
sense
Motorola UI
xperia ui
LG ui
etc ?
for me i love xperia the most since it feels fluid and is very elegant , sense is a close second but it i prefer elegance over eye candy
IMO TW is the ugliest , huge icon , too much colour and yuck it just don't appeal to me ...
so whats your favourite ui?

Stock 100%
I am switching from Gnex -> SGS3 this weekend. The hardware is a clear upgrade but I will greatly miss the software on the Gnex. Bug free and always the latest. Cant ask for more.
Aside from stock, I've used Blur, Sense, and Touchwiz. Touchwiz is hideous, I really like the look and functionality of sense. IMO, I used to love the look of sense back in its early days, of course it was extremely bloated back then though.

Just from appearance, since I've never fully used any of the skins except for Sense for a bit, I guess I would lean to Motorola's UI? Just because from what I've seen it looks closest to stock (remember I've only seen it, never really used). The widgets in Sense are nice, that's the only thing nice about Sense for me though..

If you're talking OEM skins/ui then the Sony Ui is the only one that looks good enough to keep it
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Out of OEM skins I would say sense looks the best and is the most functional, I also prefer stock over anything else.

negrobembon said:
If you're talking OEM skins/ui then the Sony Ui is the only one that looks good enough to keep it
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Completely agree. I used to like Sense UI but it looks a bit childish now.
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If I had to choose a skin, it would be Sense. Its the most polished one in my opinion. However, the skins arent really moving forward quick enough with the Android base and thus feel very outdated extremely quickly. My overall favourite UI would be the stock UI. Its the most clean, polished and refined UI.

If I must compromise the stock UI....
Definitely Sense 4.0+
They really improved in it on the One series. In fact, I'd like to see a HTC Nexus phone again.
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I hate Samsung's TW... I played a bit with my friend's GS3 and the menus look like Froyo menus.
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negrobembon said:
If you're talking OEM skins/ui then the Sony Ui is the only one that looks good enough to keep it
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Sony's is the worst by far...
timescape is useless and pinch out to widgets is dumb.
newer sense or touchwiz at least adds meaningful functionality into the mix

i can´t answer you because i am super-satisfied with the android stock skin.
i don´t want to try another one although i have the minco custom rom which is very smooth.

Kind of funny but I can't stand the Sense UI. I think it looks childish and takes away the best of Android. I also very much dislike Touchwiz as well as it also looks rather childish. The only UI I could use (But still be somewhat annoyed with) is the latest version of Motoblur as it does keep most of the stock Android look but adds some nice touches.

I prefer sense over all, but have stock for updates. I love sense's widgets and look.
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crixley said:
Sony's is the worst by far...
timescape is useless and pinch out to widgets is dumb.
newer sense or touchwiz at least adds meaningful functionality into the mix
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Ur right about adding more functionality but, looks alone the sony one looks best.
Sense looks kind of boring and touchwiz is a little on the ugly side
Thats why u see so many galaxy/htc users running a rom based on stock
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I haven't met a worthwhile Android skin.
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mfyrle said:
i can´t answer you because i am super-satisfied with the android stock skin.
i don´t want to try another one although i have the minco custom rom which is very smooth.
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I tend to agree. Whenever I use any other skin other than stock, I tilt my head, say "aww that's cute", and then immediately go back to stock.
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stock android
used a bit sense years ago,now it's more functional and good to see,but i prefer the stok over all UIs.dislike all the rest,TW first.personally i couldn't stay with a tw phone anymore

Yea touchwiz has to be the most horrible UI ..I was stuck with a captivate few years ago (great phone) but the tw was crap...
I like sense and I've seen xperia but haven't been able to mess around with it..
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Good:
- Sense is the best out of all.
- Touchwizz Nature UX is great It just works, has eye-candy but not too much. Theme could've been better though (when looking at settings menu)
- Motoblur is awesome but it does not give that much extra. I think Motoblur should be the way stock android looks
- Stock Android. Just the way Android looks and runs the way Google intended it to run.
Bad:
- I hate sony's UI. Not well optimized, looks dull and sluggish on capable hardware (Xperia Ray 1Ghz, Adreno 205, 854x480 on 3.3") But I think it's ​more Sony to blame
for not optimizing the darn phone (it's on stock 4.0.4)
- LG UI. It looks like it's more meant for low-end smartphones. Not something a high-end smartphone should have. Makes the device feel cheap just by looking at the UI.
- MIUI. Looks are fine. But oh-my! What is it resource intensive! Not recommended to run on an Galaxy Nexus. Slows everything considerably down.

I think that if I had to leave stock, it'd be the LG UI. Its the least irritating.
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Prefer stock TW or custom roms

Hey guys, this is my first post on here but been a member for a while. Been a member since I've had my og evo 4g. Now i have a s3 but I've been wondering what you guys like or prefer more...TW or custom roms?
Quick side story:
I like touchwiz and the stock Samsung features/apps but also like the few improvements of 4.2 or even 4.1.2 for the other s3's. Because of this I tried finding 4.2/4.1.2 TW custom rom for tmobile s3 but failed and accidently bricked my s3 (flashed international rom...I know, I feel so stupid. I'll read more next time). Anyway its at samsung being repaired. But this made me begin to wonder if anyone else on here felt the way I do of Touchwiz and Aosp.
Back to the topic though, which do you guys prefer stock TW or custom roms like 4.1.2/4.2 and why?
Also any suggestions on what I could do (when i get my s3 back) since I kinda like both would be greatly appreciated.
Which do you like, Tw or aosp?
Why do you like the choice you made?
Why don't you prefer Touchwiz or Aosp?
Are there any features you like from both?
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I love the stock option on the wicked rom by evil1art. And I have a question, they repair your s3 or send you a new one if you bricked it? Wouldn't they know you tried to modify it and void your warranty?

I prefer TW. I don't understand why people want ASOP. It's missing so many essential functions.

I much prefer aosp. Specifically speaking, pacman or paranoidkangdroid roms. They're so much smoother, faster, better battery performance, and customization far beyond your needs.
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Williaml232 said:
I prefer TW. I don't understand why people want ASOP. It's missing so many essential functions.
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I like like its customization...plus thats the only way of getting 4.2/4.1.2 on the t-mobile s3 as of right now. 4.2 also improves battery life. But I really like TW and the stock camera/features/apps that come with it.
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I much prefer aosp. Specifically speaking, pacman or paranoidkangdroid roms. They're so much smoother, faster, better battery performance, and customization far beyond your needs.
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Yes, exactly why I like aosp roms but my problem is I also like the look and some of the stock features of TW. Basically want a mixture of stock and aosp features. So I'm guessing there's no way of getting the look, features and camera on one of these roms?
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dannyyyyy said:
I love the stock option on the wicked rom by evil1art. And I have a question, they repair your s3 or send you a new one if you bricked it? Wouldn't they know you tried to modify it and void your warranty?
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Techinically it should void it but it's hard-bricked, wont turn on/charge/nothing, so no way of telling. I just told them it wouldnt turn on at all, left out the part about flashing roms though lol. Im guessing they'll replace the motherboard, thats what happened to others who've been in my situation here on xda. But if they cant fix like that they'll be willing to give me a new one. Right now my repair status is on "repair in progress". Either way I'll be grateful of getting back my/a perfect working s3.
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I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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elflip88 said:
I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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+1. I am currently using liquidsmooth and it is really nice. But there are a few little bugs. Call volume and headset issues, common in aosp roms. Going back to TW. Bugs aside though, I prefer aosp.

elflip88 said:
I prefer tw roms, not talking smack about aosp roms but every time I flash an aosp rom I always have small bugs that drive me back to tw.
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Yeah thats true, thats something I don't like about aosp roms. Its like the roms are great enhancements to the is but you have to deal with these little bugs that aren't that bad just kinda annoying.
I'm considering just leaving my s3 stock when I get it back.
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I'm on same boat. I hate to admit three were days we hated TW. But Samsung had done great job lately.
You can always try some combinations. .like stock rom+nova/Apex launcher for aosp look but has TW features. .or 4.2 roms with nova launcher and GS3 theme for stock look but latest features like quick settings. Or there is a rom 'Dandroid' rom which already themed to look like aosp. Also there are new apps that offer same thing 4.2 is offering like quicksettings.. I'm running heavily debloated stock rom with action launcher.. Great battery life and I can still enjoy all that features I came to like from this new touchwiz nature UX ui.. I hope you find what works for you. .
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If this thread is going to stay up can we at least do it right? Make some thread rules and guide lines and maybe a poll on top??? These threads always get shut down because of people bashing other roms, or other users for their opinions. If the OP is rogue, I'd gladly take over the thread and make it a good thread for people to use. If the opp
OP isn't rogue, PM me for ideas and help
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The GS3 was the first phone I've ever purchased that I instantly was really impressed with it stock. Samsung did a bang-up job with the latest Touchwiz, seriously.
But the tinkerer in me and the desire for optimization made me take a look at custom ROMs anyway. What hit the spot for me was Wicked. It's everything you love about stock, with lots of options for tweaking. It's really a brilliantly built ROM. I currently use it with the stock kernel, but with Nova Prime Launcher over it.
With the latest version of Wicked (v8), it's hard to believe how much goodness the developer has packed under the hood. You really have to play around with it to appreciate it. And again, all while retaining all that's great about stock Touchwiz.
I've toyed with the idea of checking out a CM10 / AOSP type ROM, but there's a lot I'd miss about stock. So until I get a second GS3 to tinker with (which is never), I'll most likely be sticking with TW based custom ROMs for the long haul.

I was fine with TW except for the home screens and very limited number of rows and columns that couldn't be changed.
I just use a launcher now. I might try a TW based ROM - but what I really need is the native wifi calling - I'd try a non-TW ROM if I didn't need it.
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Both have features that I really like. Aosp has been giving me better life compared to tw
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Pennycake said:
I was fine with TW except for the home screens and very limited number of rows and columns that couldn't be changed.
I just use a launcher now. I might try a TW based ROM - but what I really need is the native wifi calling - I'd try a non-TW ROM if I didn't need it.
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Wicked comes with an optional 5x5 modified Touchwiz launcher.

I prefer pure android experience as my 1st android device was a Nexus S.
1st day I got my GS3, couldn't stand the BS that came w/ touchwiz. It made the phone feel very sluggish. 1st thing I did was switch over to Paranoid Android and immediately you can feel how much faster everything responds.
Simple test is opening your app drawer and then pushing the Home button. TW rom will have a lag 1-2 seconds. AOSP/AOKP/CM is pretty instant.
If you are afraid of risks of going custom and bricking, no wrong in staying stock. Stock is more stable obviously and custom does have the price of instability for performance.

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Aria807 said:
I prefer pure android experience as my 1st android device was a Nexus S.
1st day I got my GS3, couldn't stand the BS that came w/ touchwiz. It made the phone feel very sluggish. 1st thing I did was switch over to Paranoid Android and immediately you can feel how much faster everything responds.
Simple test is opening your app drawer and then pushing the Home button. TW rom will have a lag 1-2 seconds. AOSP/AOKP/CM is pretty instant.
If you are afraid of risks of going custom and bricking, no wrong in staying stock. Stock is more stable obviously and custom does have the price of instability for performance.
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The home button delay was just a setting in S - Voice. Turn off that one switch and that delay is gone.
Most of that "BS" isn't Touchwiz, but carrier added bloat. TW based custom ROMs like Wicked take care of all that junk, even the S apps if you don't want them.
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I like both TW and aosp/aokp.... When I get bored of one, I just flash back to the other. I do like some key features that TW has and I like key features that aosp/aokp has. I'm glad we can were able to switch from one to the other with little to no effort.
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707BeastMode707 said:
I like both TW and aosp/aokp.... When I get bored of one, I just flash back to the other. I do like some key features that TW has and I like key features that aosp/aokp has. I'm glad we can were able to switch from one to the other with little to no effort.
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I've read accounts of people breaking GPS when switching between TW and AOSP. Have you had any trouble with this?
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ticojpunk said:
I've read accounts of people breaking GPS when switching between TW and AOSP. Have you had any trouble with this?
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I have had this issue in the past... But with Charlieb260's 4.1.2 TW port, it does not break gps.
I was on 4.2.1 and flashed 4.1.2 TW and everything worked fine.
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