Good replacement app for sms - Nexus 4 Themes and Apps

Hey guys I've been on the lookout for a good not cluttered replacement app that has all the functions of the stock one and maybe more.
I tried
Chomp sms
Hand cent
Gosms
And a few more but they're all bloated with crap that I don't want. Any other sms apps you guys suggest?

kharnage said:
Hey guys I've been on the lookout for a good not cluttered replacement app that has all the functions of the stock one and maybe more.
I tried
Chomp sms
Hand cent
Gosms
And a few more but they're all bloated with crap that I don't want. Any other sms apps you guys suggest?
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I've always found textPlus to be a great alternative-especially if you're on a prepaid plan like me!
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Try Sliding Messaging. The app is customizable and extremely clean and sexy.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.messaging
There is a dev thread in the Android section.
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maybe grab the cm Mms.apk from nightlies...

I love Contacts+ for not only SMS but as my call log and dialer. The only downside is lack of MMS sending but that's an issue with Android itself and the developers are looking for alternatives and workarounds until Google can correct the issue for third party developers. The developers are really friendly and active here on XDA too.
http://contactspls.com/contacts

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walesmd said:
I love Contacts+ for not only SMS but as my call log and dialer. The only downside is lack of MMS sending but that's an issue with Android itself and the developers are looking for alternatives and workarounds until Google can correct the issue for third party developers. The developers are really friendly and active here on XDA too.
http://contactspls.com/contacts
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walesmd said:
I love Contacts+ for not only SMS but as my call log and dialer. The only downside is lack of MMS sending but that's an issue with Android itself and the developers are looking for alternatives and workarounds until Google can correct the issue for third party developers. The developers are really friendly and active here on XDA too.
http://contactspls.com/contacts
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Great app but loading SMS takes too much time, kinda slow but I like the interface. Overall good.

kharnage said:
Hey guys I've been on the lookout for a good not cluttered replacement app that has all the functions of the stock one and maybe more.
I tried
Chomp sms
Hand cent
Gosms
And a few more but they're all bloated with crap that I don't want. Any other sms apps you guys suggest?
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Yes sliding messaging is the best out there getting better and better with updates if u like it get the payed version which unlocks mms and other features
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.messaging
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Pay for Chomp...worth the few bucks
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garets10 said:
Yes sliding messaging is the best out there getting better and better with updates if u like it get the payed version which unlocks mms and other features
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klinker.android.messaging
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Limited mms**
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dEris said:
Limited mms**
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Yea limited like u can recieve but u need to send with stock app .. But other than that has soo many features like i said it gets better every update
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I like Contact+
highly recommended.

garets10 said:
Yea limited like u can recieve but u need to send with stock app .. But other than that has soo many features like i said it gets better every update
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That's so lame. Why would a developer do that just to make money? One way SMS? What a joke.

I do like Chomp but it tends to get laggy while checking new text coming in. Is there anything that just works smoothly?

I personally just use stock message app but I would recommend sliding messaging.
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scottx . said:
That's so lame. Why would a developer do that just to make money? One way SMS? What a joke.
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Well its not something easy to make u have to develop from ground up make sms and mms work before u couldnt even recieve mms .. Like i said it gets many updates i give much credit to the developer and highly recomend .. I belive this thread is to recomend apps not to bash on other ppls recomendations if u dont like it dont buy/download it
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I'd love to recommend Sliding SMS, too. In fact, I want to use it so badly but the inability to send MMS is pretty big for me. It also loads pretty slowly. Granted, I have a lot of saved texts but GoSMS has no problem loading them instantly so I unfortunately have to stick with them.

tct08 said:
I'd love to recommend Sliding SMS, too. In fact, I want to use it so badly but the inability to send MMS is pretty big for me. It also loads pretty slowly. Granted, I have a lot of saved texts but GoSMS has no problem loading them instantly so I unfortunately have to stick with them.
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U should give it a try ive had it since it was first being developed not even on play store then i payed for it and its been good no lag loads very quick has a holo style interface i havent found any sexier sms app out there yea no mms but u can send with stock app .. Thers a free version check it out play with the setting u wont be disapointed
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I have tried it, many times. That's how I was able to make my original l statement =p
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tct08 said:
I have tried it, many times. That's how I was able to make my original l statement =p
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Jaja sounds fair
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Go Launcher Ex 3d drawer beta out :) Link!

Go Launcher Ex 3d drawer beta out Link!
Now it is even more so the best launcher. It was only a matter of time
Download direct from their website...
Enjoy
http://www.goforandroid.com/GDTEn/index.aspx
MJ-12
I love the go launcher but I hate the lag when enabling high quality drawing.
darkchazz said:
I love the go launcher but I hate the lag when enabling high quality drawing.
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Not even sure how that high quality drawing helps...lol...so for me it is always off. I like the "waterfall", but I like my horizontal pages better. Good find though, girlfriend likes it.
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thanks for the link dl'ing now
ok where is this in the settings.
Okay, what's the point of opening two identical threads?
And again:
"So where's the download? Or is it inside the new GO launcher beta?"
it does not show my dual clock widget anymore, is there any fix ?
thanks for the link!
TheSaw said:
Okay, what's the point of opening two identical threads?
And again:
"So where's the download? Or is it inside the new GO launcher beta?"
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That's it mate...
garekinokami said:
Not even sure how that high quality drawing helps...lol...so for me it is always off. I like the "waterfall", but I like my horizontal pages better. Good find though, girlfriend likes it.
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WTF, you're showing off your phone to girlfriends? rafl!!
excellent addition, works like a charm,
Thanks!!! Works perfect!!!
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blackspp said:
WTF, you're showing off your phone to girlfriends? rafl!!
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Lololol she has an Inspire, but yeah I love to show off the SGS2.
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darkchazz said:
I love the go launcher but I hate the lag when enabling high quality drawing.
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+1 and the lag on the app drawer when a live wallpaper is choosen.
It's on beta 2 now, but watch out the links are reversed, beta 1 is the beta 2 link and vice versa

Best Twitter App?

Can anyone tell me what are the 2 best twitter apps that have twitpic and/or twitlonger support.
Personally, I use Plume and love it.
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Personally I love Plume but I like the official app because it has push notifications.
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never mind
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For ICS boid is my fav hands down
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So Boid and Plume both have twitlonger and twitpic support?
Plume is pretty darn good. Bought the paid version and I'm happy w/ it.
Try tweetcaster.. u'll love it..and yea its support both twitlonger and pic
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Twicca is what I used .
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Twicca for me ... Support translate, multi image, show conversation ...
Its very good
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OK thanks everyone for the suggestions. I was using twicca and it is really nice but it didn't have what I was looking for. I tried plume and I liked it so I'm going to use that. I am digging that it shows u a preview of pictures on your timeline.
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krazie1 said:
OK thanks everyone for the suggestions. I was using twicca and it is really nice but it didn't have what I was looking for. I tried plume and I liked it so I'm going to use that. I am digging that it shows u a preview of pictures on your timeline.
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Theres lots of settings too. I lowered the font size and changed the colors.
martonikaj said:
Theres lots of settings too. I lowered the font size and changed the colors.
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Cool I'll look in the settings haven't even looked yet. I was to amused with the layout lol.
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krazie1 said:
Cool I'll look in the settings haven't even looked yet. I was to amused with the layout lol.
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There are soooooooo many settings. I'd take some time to fish through them all and configure it. Tons of stuff to change, but I liked the app much more after I finished setting it up.
Tweetcaster its the King while the rest are just cheap copies..
Go for it
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3
what twitter app, other than the official one, has push notifications for mentions ?
thanks
kout said:
what twitter app, other than the official one, has push notifications for mentions ?
thanks
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Tweetcaster does
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3

Better-than-stock Dialer?

Hi all,
I'm looking for a dialer apo to replace the stock dialer, since the Samsung stock one doesn't even have a proper T9 dialing option.
I have tried ExDialer, and it's really good but it doesn't show Facebook profile pics in the dialer.
Does anyone know of any better dialer apps that are fast and functional?
Thanks.
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Few things that come to mind:
- Dialer One
- RocketDial
- Go Contacts
- Touchpal Contacts
Let us know how you get on.
Dev Team
im currently using dev team stuff such as:
go sms
go contacts
go keyboard
go dialer
im pretty much using the same thing as you but if you install AOKP rom, it should fix your problem with the face book contacts thing as its part of the features for the rom
let me know how you go
Ex Dialer is awesome now
Dialer ONE it's my favorite
Dialer one for sure.....
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ive loved everything from dev team, ex dialer and everything is good and could be suitable for everyone due to theme customizations. change it to ones likes.
pachinkosan said:
Ex Dialer is awesome now
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Seconded.
RocketDial
Try rocketdial, you will love it .
pachinkosan said:
Ex Dialer is awesome now
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+1
Hey guys... Just one question.. If I were to use a third party dialer can I remove the contact and phone apk from the rom itself? Dun wan to see too many dialers...
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sphinxy said:
Few things that come to mind:
- Dialer One
- RocketDial
- Go Contacts
- Touchpal Contacts
Let us know how you get on.
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As2O said:
im currently using dev team stuff such as:
go sms
go contacts
go keyboard
go dialer
im pretty much using the same thing as you but if you install AOKP rom, it should fix your problem with the face book contacts thing as its part of the features for the rom
let me know how you go
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pachinkosan said:
Ex Dialer is awesome now
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fras-xda said:
Dialer ONE it's my favorite
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Thanks guys for the replies, but I tried each one of them and NONE can pull FB pics into the dialer!
They're there in the contacts and even in the stock dialer but they simply don't show up in any of these custom apps! Other pics like google pics etc show up though....
Does it work for you? Am I doing something wrong here?
Am using hax sync. It works fine and fb pics show up on exdialer.
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skywalker1970 said:
Am using hax sync. It works fine and fb pics show up on exdialer.
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Ok.
How does hax sync integrate with the stock contacts? Is there another tab for it like Facebook and whatsapp or does it just sync the photos within the fb account?
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g4rvd4 said:
Ok.
How does hax sync integrate with the stock contacts? Is there another tab for it like Facebook and whatsapp or does it just sync the photos within the fb account?
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Its just like another fb or whatsapp account. It also syncs high res images which is nice and in the options you can choose to have htc style notes on your google account contacts so that when you do a full wipe and re sync it remembers the linked contacts.
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ex dialer
I have used almost all the available dialers and to date found the Ex dialer to be the most user friedly one with good themes as well. Its a matter of personal preference too. For someone like me the main thing is not to have to stretch my thumb to the top of the screen to press buttons specially in S3 which is bigger. All the relevent common buttons are in the lower field. Even the search button of the contacts in ex. Go dialer is also very good but for me cannot beat the Ex dialer.
If helpful ...press thanks
I believe u should go for....
- go dialer
- ex dialer
These are the best options....
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skywalker1970 said:
Its just like another fb or whatsapp account. It also syncs high res images which is nice and in the options you can choose to have htc style notes on your google account contacts so that when you do a full wipe and re sync it remembers the linked contacts.
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Thanks for the explanation. Since it's a paid app, I just wanted to confirm.
So this app syncs phone numbers and other details too? After installing this can I completely disable the normal Facebook sync app?
kamirza said:
I have used almost all the available dialers and to date found the Ex dialer to be the most user friedly one with good themes as well. Its a matter of personal preference too. For someone like me the main thing is not to have to stretch my thumb to the top of the screen to press buttons specially in S3 which is bigger. All the relevent common buttons are in the lower field. Even the search button of the contacts in ex. Go dialer is also very good but for me cannot beat the Ex dialer.
If helpful ...press thanks
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Yeah I completely agree with you! If you have donated, are there any functional differences between the free and donate versions? Thx.
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g4rvd4 said:
Thanks for the explanation. Since it's a paid app, I just wanted to confirm.
So this app syncs phone numbers and other details too? After installing this can I completely disable the normal Facebook sync app?
Yeah I completely agree with you! If you have donated, are there any functional differences between the free and donate versions? Thx.
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Go for Contact-sync - Its free and i find it better than Hax sync..
Thank me if you find it useful
g4rvd4 said:
Thanks for the explanation. Since it's a paid app, I just wanted to confirm.
So this app syncs phone numbers and other details too? After installing this can I completely disable the normal Facebook sync app?
Yeah I completely agree with you! If you have donated, are there any functional differences between the free and donate versions? Thx.
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I don't think it syncs contact numbers. Only pictures. For me, thats what was important as I have telephone numbers on my Google contact list for most of my fb contacts. And it syncs status updates as well. So if you click on a contacts update in hax sync it takes you directly to the contacts page on the facebook app in your phone. I have disabled contact sync on my fb phone app.
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[REQUEST] Emoji integration in Messeges app

Hello,
I am wondering if someone with the skills to do do, could cook up a mod to include emoji/ emoticons into the messeges app? It's that one MIUI feature I've always missed. It's also really annoying when iPhone people send emojis and they turn out like this: ¤⊙℃.
If anything has any interest in seeing something like this worked on, like this post! Maybe someone will get inspired.
Thanks
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BUMP.
Any way to get the AOSP SMS with Emoji? Like in AOKP?
bump
There was a modified messages app just like the one we're longing for on the n4 forums. I wish we had one just like it.
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I just installed textra yesterday as a replacement messaging app and it nicely incorporates emoji and works well with iPhones as well. The emojis show up correctly whether sending or receiving.
I want emoji on my keyboard like I had on my Nexus 4.
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yes the iphone emoticons would be awesome... then i didnt have to use chomp sms!
bugsy said:
I just installed textra yesterday as a replacement messaging app and it nicely incorporates emoji and works well with iPhones as well. The emojis show up correctly whether sending or receiving.
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Textra is such a nice and lightweight app, with individual notification settings, emoji and reply from notification panel (it opens up a small popup rather than the whole app). It's running SMOOTH on my One.
beforedenied said:
Hello,
I am wondering if someone with the skills to do do, could cook up a mod to include emoji/ emoticons into the messeges app? It's that one MIUI feature I've always missed. It's also really annoying when iPhone people send emojis and they turn out like this: ¤⊙℃.
If anything has any interest in seeing something like this worked on, like this post! Maybe someone will get inspired.
Thanks
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I have been longing for this. Please someone help willing to donate
I know the AOSP sms part works on the one but doesn't send pictures does partially receive them... That I can confirm!
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dcowboys2184 said:
I know the AOSP sms part works on the one but doesn't send pictures does partially receive them... That I can confirm!
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AOSP sms part?
Galactus said:
AOSP sms part?
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Lol I was super tired when I wrote this... Stock aosp with emoji works on the one .. You can send/receive messages but not pictures it gets stuck sending
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Strange BUGS GNexus Stock 4.3

Hello. I'm running stock android 4.3 on my Galaxy Nexus. I installed it trough my computer (not with Toolkit but in cmd). After installing it, I have some problems and I'm not sure if they're happening just to me or to everyone.
1. When I open Fliboard and see some articles, then when I close the app and go to the launcher, it seems to have closen and it restarts itself. I can only see the apps drawer icon and a second later I see all my apps and widgets on the homescreen. That happened another time I wasn't using Flipboard.
2. Sometimes when I pull down the notifications bar it seems a little bit laggy (only at the beginning). Before it reaches the middle of the screen it is smooth again.
I thought about doing a Factory Reset in Settings (remember I have everything Stock including recovery and kernel) but I don't know if I will lose my apps or just my data (accounts and stuff like that)
PS: I have an app installed called "LatteScreen" which is basically a lockscreen replacer. Just to let you you.
Firstly only a handful of apps are updated for 4.3, the rest have to make the change for it. You would need to be patient with the releases as the app is not optimized for 4.3. That includes flipboard, and the lockscreen app you use.
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Misledz said:
Firstly only a handful of apps are updated for 4.3, the rest have to make the change for it. You would need to be patient with the releases as the app is not optimized for 4.3. That includes flipboard, and the lockscreen app you use.
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The lockscreen works really good. I just mentioned it so that you knew. Maybe it was consuming a lot of RAM so Launcher had not RAM enough to keep working.
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felystar said:
The lockscreen works really good. I just mentioned it so that you knew. Maybe it was consuming a lot of RAM so Launcher had not RAM enough to keep working.
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This reminds me of when widgetlocker was released back then for ICS and Gingerbread, it wasn't optimized for ICS and while people say the app worked flawlessly it was only because it ate most of the resources.
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Misledz said:
This reminds me of when widgetlocker was released back then for ICS and Gingerbread, it wasn't optimized for ICS and while people say the app worked flawlessly it was only because it ate most of the resources.
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I remember that the first of Agaust Flipboard was updated. Maybe to make it compatible with 4.3?
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felystar said:
I remember that the first of Agaust Flipboard was updated. Maybe to make it compatible with 4.3?
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I doubt amico as it took almost two weeks for apps like Titanium and three for Lightflow
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felystar said:
2. Sometimes when I pull down the notifications bar it seems a little bit laggy (only at the beginning). Before it reaches the middle of the screen it is smooth again.
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Phone is almost 2 years old , wtf do you expect.
madd0g said:
Phone is almost 2 years old , wtf do you expect.
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While that's true, he's experiencing issues that me and many others are not. So clearly it is not to be blamed fully on the hardware
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iLeopard said:
While that's true, he's experiencing issues that me and many others are not. So clearly it is not to be blamed fully on the hardware
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"laggy" and "not smooth" are totally subjective and there's been a ton of circlejerks around it already. What someone sees as ok, another finds laggy.
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madd0g said:
"laggy" and "not smooth" are totally subjective and there's been a ton of circlejerks around it already. What someone sees as ok, another finds laggy.
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Ok, I'm not even....
iLeopard said:
Ok, I'm not even....
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I experienced that slight stutter pulling the notification bar down and on other parts of the UI. It's flippin' Google's stock 4.3 kernel. It's not aggressive enough. I simply flashed Golden Kernel and have it running GoldenX governor with a better I/O scheduler. Part of the 'bug' problem solved.
I've seen some kernels. Which one do you recommend me to flash?
You think if I do a factory reset it will work better? (Will I lose my apps?)
Edit: this is not a problem of Flipboard because it happened to me using Tapatalk and Stock Browser.
Does it happen to you? It didn't even happen on my ZTE Skate!!
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