Alright, I am not saying that its bad. I have been flashing custom roms for last 3-4 yrs now but on my prevous phone it made sense since it was stuck on Gingerbread. The custom roms gave me 4.2.2 which was hell of a jump. But with note 2 .. all the custom features that are built in stock roms are pretty much gone with flashing custom roms. I see these as going backwards. The spen functionality is completely gone. Yes, you can install some custom apps but they dont have the same features as the stock. Also the sensor features, built in browser, multi window .. all are gone. I have been using paranoid 3.1 for about 2 months now and didnt really see any difference.. other than the tablet mode which is neat but nothing useful per se. pie controls were hard to use, and pretty buggy. Would disappear every now n then. Its fancy but not practical.
So now my question is.. whats are some of the key features that you are missing in stock and you get in custom that you are willing to let go of some useful features in stock? I am definitely missing something here and would like to learn from you..
I am thinking of going back to stock and rooting it ..
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Alright, I am not saying that its bad. I have been flashing custom roms for last 3-4 yrs now but on my prevous phone it made sense since it was stuck on Gingerbread. The custom roms gave me 4.2.2 which was hell of a jump. But with note 2 .. all the custom features that are built in stock roms are pretty much gone with flashing custom roms. I see these as going backwards. The spen functionality is completely gone. Yes, you can install some custom apps but they dont have the same features as the stock. Also the sensor features, built in browser, multi window .. all are gone. I have been using paranoid 3.1 for about 2 months now and didnt really see any difference.. other than the tablet mode which is neat but nothing useful per se. pie controls were hard to use, and pretty buggy. Would disappear every now n then. Its fancy but not practical.
So now my question is.. whats are some of the key features that you are missing in stock and you get in custom that you are willing to let go of some useful features in stock? I am definitely missing something here and would like to learn from you..
I am thinking of going back to stock and rooting it ..
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Sounds like you meant to ask why flash a AOSP rom not just a "custom rom" because most tw roms still have all the functionality you are saying is lost. To answer your question that is the great thing about Android. ..choice you have the choice to install it or not.
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Sounds like you meant to ask why flash a AOSP rom not just a "custom rom" because most tw roms still have all the functionality you are saying is lost. To answer your question that is the great thing about Android. ..choice you have the choice to install it or not.
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Now thats my other dilemma... how do i know whats a TW rom? I always found just one TW rom in the subject.. I went inside some ROM threads and didnt see any mention of whether they are TW or not?
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Now thats my other dilemma... how do i know whats a TW rom? I always found just one TW rom in the subject.. I went inside some ROM threads and didnt see any mention of whether they are TW or not?
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You can tell very easily first off by the screenshots aosp and tw do not look the same. Secondly with aosp you have to flash gapps. Third they are in two seperate forums. That is just a few of the many ways you can tell.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1895 TouchWiz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1896 AOSP
For what you are wanting in your OP or your statements sounds like you spent last few months in the wrong forum
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Now thats my other dilemma... how do i know whats a TW rom? I always found just one TW rom in the subject.. I went inside some ROM threads and didnt see any mention of whether they are TW or not?
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If you see mention of a firmware revision like ma7 or LJC, then you're dealing with a Twiz rom.
However with AOSP roms... The spen does work in its basic capability.
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Now thats my other dilemma... how do i know whats a TW rom? I always found just one TW rom in the subject.. I went inside some ROM threads and didnt see any mention of whether they are TW or not?
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The ones in Android development are tw the ones in original development are aosp .... generally speaking
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evolutioncsr said:
You can tell very easily first off by the screenshots aosp and tw do not look the same. Secondly with aosp you have to flash gapps. Third they are in two seperate forums. That is just a few of the many ways you can tell.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1895 TouchWiz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1896 AOSP
For what you are wanting in your OP or your statements sounds like you spent last few months in the wrong forum
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AAahhhh,... moment of revelation.:angel::angel:. I was always in the original dev thread... this is a new addition i assume in the last 6-8 months? On my previous phone threads.. there was no original/non original. Anyways.. let me **** around the touchwiz thread and see what I find. I might be just a fool for not noticing that. Thanks!
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The ones in Android development are tw the ones in original development are aosp .... generally speaking
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Suggest me one TW rom .. I want to try
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AAahhhh,... moment of revelation.:angel::angel:. I was always in the original dev thread... this is a new addition i assume in the last 6-8 months? On my previous phone threads.. there was no original/non original. Anyways.. let me **** around the touchwiz thread and see what I find. I might be just a fool for not noticing that. Thanks!
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It has been like this as long as I know even when I had the S3 but I can't speak of anything prior to the S3 on Samsung.
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It has been like this as long as I know even when I had the S3 but I can't speak of anything prior to the S3 on Samsung.
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It changed about march or so last year. Not all devices have both forums either, only the really popular ones/non legacy
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It changed about march or so last year. Not all devices have both forums either, only the really popular ones/non legacy
☆SoA: Son's of Android™☆
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for the clarification.
hardrock121 said:
Alright, I am not saying that its bad. I have been flashing custom roms for last 3-4 yrs now but on my prevous phone it made sense since it was stuck on Gingerbread. The custom roms gave me 4.2.2 which was hell of a jump. But with note 2 .. all the custom features that are built in stock roms are pretty much gone with flashing custom roms. I see these as going backwards. The spen functionality is completely gone. Yes, you can install some custom apps but they dont have the same features as the stock. Also the sensor features, built in browser, multi window .. all are gone. I have been using paranoid 3.1 for about 2 months now and didnt really see any difference.. other than the tablet mode which is neat but nothing useful per se. pie controls were hard to use, and pretty buggy. Would disappear every now n then. Its fancy but not practical.
So now my question is.. whats are some of the key features that you are missing in stock and you get in custom that you are willing to let go of some useful features in stock? I am definitely missing something here and would like to learn from you..
I am thinking of going back to stock and rooting it ..
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Because Paranoid Android & Tablet Mod are the best thing to happen to this Note! Also because "Whoomp" Rom is based on stock but much better because it gives you options. However I do understand your criticism, whats different this time is "Touch Jizz" doesn't suck as bad as previous versions and its actually becoming a bit of a highlight with its built in features.
However we will always want to flash roms because like beautiful women "there's always someone tired of F_____g them"! Something new even if isn't superior!:good:
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Because Paranoid Android & Tablet Mod are the best thing to happen to this Note! Also because "Whoomp" Rom is based on stock but much better because it gives you options. However I do understand your criticism, whats different this time is "Touch Jizz" doesn't suck as bad as previous versions and its actually becoming a bit of a highlight with its built in features.
However we will always want to flash roms because like beautiful women "there's always someone tired of F_____g them"! Something new even if isn't superior!:good:
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Hey guys, I was just wondering if it was possible to add (or install) TouchWiz 4.0 on AOKP Jelly Bean?
If so, what would be the process? I really miss TouchWiz but LOVE Jelly Bean.
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Hey guys, I was just wondering if it was possible to add (or install) TouchWiz 4.0 on AOKP Jelly Bean?
If so, what would be the process? I really miss TouchWiz but LOVE Jelly Bean.
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Might be possible of someone were to dedicate their life to it, but no one cares about it enough to attempt.
You are just going to have to wait for either ports of the international jelly bean release or official or leaked versions of i747 jellybean.
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If it is just the look you want there are themes in aokp that look like touch wiz. As for the features. .. Good luck with that
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Ariel 2.6 is AOKP but has a custom sense launcher. I think, at least.
Hypercore said:
Ariel 2.6 is AOKP but has a custom sense launcher. I think, at least.
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No. The Ariel ROM is built off the Samsung TouchWiz stock ROM and is still Ice Cream Sandwich. Sense is not involved, that's HTC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846701
TheFiveDots said:
No. The Ariel ROM is built off the Samsung TouchWiz stock ROM and is still Ice Cream Sandwich. Sense is not involved, that's HTC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846701
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Oh, okay. My bad my good sir.
Touchwiz is an integrated framework. Samsung downloads the source from Google, modifies it, adds their own BS and bloat, recompiles it, then distributed it. The Touchwiz modifications reach deep into the system libraries. They also add their own libraries. None of which is present in an AOSP ROM. AOSP ROMs are compiled from the stock Google source so none of the library modifications or added libraries exist for any of the Touchwiz apps to work off of.
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Touchwiz is an integrated framework. Samsung downloads the source from Google, modifies it, adds their own BS and bloat, recompiles it, then distributed it. The Touchwiz modifications reach deep into the system libraries. They also add their own libraries. None of which is present in an AOSP ROM. AOSP ROMs are compiled from the stock Google source so none of the library modifications or added libraries exist for any of the Touchwiz apps to work off of.
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Good repley
to be honest guy oh posted the op... please use the search button that is above each forum, its really freaking dumb!!! to keep making useless threads that have been answered idk maybe 100 times.. i'm not trying to start anything btw, just letting you know you made the move to a smartphone maybe on of that smartest at that, please use it.... just search the forums.. if you don't find the thread then start one. but this has been asked more than once and the the same answer everytime. If you would google too you could find what you are looking for. i see you are new to this but you have been a member sence 2009, you have had to seen something like this alone the way?? just check is all im getting at. sorry for post.
Thanks for the info guys, did not like the themes at all.
You could lock this thread now if you'd like.
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Good repley
to be honest guy oh posted the op... please use the search button that is above each forum, its really freaking dumb!!! to keep making useless threads that have been answered idk maybe 100 times.. i'm not trying to start anything btw, just letting you know you made the move to a smartphone maybe on of that smartest at that, please use it.... just search the forums.. if you don't find the thread then start one. but this has been asked more than once and the the same answer everytime. If you would google too you could find what you are looking for. i see you are new to this but you have been a member sence 2009, you have had to seen something like this alone the way?? just check is all im getting at. sorry for post.
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I do UTSE. I just couldn`t find anything concrete. Plus, logically, if you ask the questions that YOU want to know and you get the answers its better than going through 50 pages with only one person having the same problem as you.
ok i have a gripe. i'm very new to all this stuff. recently rooted and flashed and all that jazz. i come to this forum to get help and to research before i do anything stupid and brick my phone. and for the most part all my questions are answered without me ever having to post a thing. so thank you so very much. now having said that... some of the senior guys, you know who you are, the experienced "i'm too smart to deal with you morons" posters. give us a break. if you dont want to be bothered with noob questions here's a thought... dont reply. or maybe skip over the thread. please stop making us inexperienced people who are looking for advice and help too intimidated to post anything. i've gone through 5 threads in the last 15 minutes with some jerk trying to prove to us how stupid and moronic we are. if you don't want to help then shutup and carry on with your day. i'm sure you learned how to be polite and have some manners back in kindergarden.
thanks and sorry for the rant.
Does anyone want to form a team for MIUI porting? The ROM I have is working almost flawlessly, missing just signal. Everything else works (as far as I know). Anyone willing to help?
By the way, for helping me progress thus far, I couldn't have done it without xboxfanj. I'm a noob and am just getting the hang of this, hence, xboxfanj helped with most of this stuff.
MIUI is an awesome ROM allowing customizable themes that can change literally everything. You can change the status bar, lockscreen, home screen, and more all in just one app called themes. Plus, the ROM is super fast and has a lot of toggles, and much more to come with the help needed. Please, this ROM is one of my favorites, if you guys can help, it is much appreciated.
I can't help, but I'm curious as to what base you're using..CM or TouchWiz?
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cm, cant use touchwiz as a base for a aosp based rom. also to the op try contacting sbrissen
Alex1123 said:
cm, cant use touchwiz as a base for a aosp based rom. also to the op try contacting sbrissen
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You are incorrect in your answer, it's already been done. So, my question still stands to the OP. As far as I know, patchrom currently only works with ICS however. Maybe you have sources beyond mine. Here's something to look into though. https://github.com/MiCode/patchrom
LetsBeSirius said:
Does anyone want to form a team for MIUI porting? The ROM I have is working almost flawlessly, missing just signal. Everything else works (as far as I know). Anyone willing to help?
By the way, for helping me progress thus far, I couldn't have done it without xboxfanj. I'm a noob and am just getting the hang of this, hence, xboxfanj helped with most of this stuff.
MIUI is an awesome ROM allowing customizable themes that can change literally everything. You can change the status bar, lockscreen, home screen, and more all in just one app called themes. Plus, the ROM is super fast and has a lot of toggles, and much more to come with the help needed. Please, this ROM is one of my favorites, if you guys can help, it is much appreciated.
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I posted this the other day... Maybe it will point you in the right direction..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35155077#post35155077
mulhiny said:
You are incorrect in your answer. So, my question still stands to the OP
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are you sure? ive never seen a miui rom that used touchwiz as base
Alex1123 said:
are you sure? ive never seen a miui rom that used touchwiz as base
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I'm sure. I edited my last post with some more info. I'm pretty sure the international S3 used TW as a base. Also, I'm sure that on the Evo 3D the MIUI is now using a Sense base.
mulhiny said:
I'm sure. I edited my last post with some more info. I'm pretty sure the international S3 used TW as a base. Also, I'm sure that on the Evo 3D the MIUI is now using a Sense base.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937809
i think patchrom is to build from the miui source and might use some things from say sense or tw to fix things like wifi camera etc.. idk but ive never heard of miui built with a tw base. When i had a Epic 4g touch they said we first needed a cm7 rom in order to begin making a miui rom.
Alex1123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937809
i think patchrom is to build from the miui source and might use some things from say sense or tw to fix things like wifi camera etc.. idk but ive never heard of miui built with a tw base. When i had a Epic 4g touch they said we first needed a cm7 rom in order to begin making a miui rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854028 Is this not touchwiz? Maybe I'm missing something.
I will work on porting MIUI once I get home from work later today so stay tune for results I will be needing a tester when i have something so anyone who wants to test just PM me and later I will send you a link once I have it set up ..thanks guys and can't wait to get that miui love out their
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mulhiny said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1854028 Is this not touchwiz? Maybe I'm missing something.
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ah i see actually he just bundled some apps from tw like back when i had a galaxy nexus they had a touchwiz theme that included the launcher and s voice and some widgets. he said that he wanted to add some sammy features to miui so he did lol see tw roms use a different framework and most apps wouldnt work on miui however some people have taken there time to port over launchers and apps and put them there roms.
its like the opposite of putting https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5taXVpLm1paG9tZTIiXQ.. on a touchwiz rom
They have touchwiz based miui on the international note 2, and the at&t note 2. I had it running on my sprint note 2 the other day, but was unable to get the radios to function properly. I had signal, but couldnt select the network I wanted it on and apns werent fuctioning properly. Miui v4 is supposed to be based on stock rom, not aosp, its just easier to port aosp than incorporate it into stock.
shiftr182 said:
They have touchwiz based miui on the international note 2, and the at&t note 2. I had it running on my sprint note 2 the other day, but was unable to get the radios to function properly. I had signal, but couldnt select the network I wanted it on and apns werent fuctioning properly. Miui v4 is supposed to be based on stock rom, not aosp, its just easier to port aosp than incorporate it into stock.
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Thank you! I was beginning to think I was crazy lol..
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mulhiny said:
I can't help, but I'm curious as to what base you're using..CM or TouchWiz?
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I used CM beta (before alpha 1). xboxfanj helped me get partial signal working. There was 3g at first, but then something about sim card activation came up, and then i pressed dismiss..and well.. that made me lose signal. After that I got signal but with emergency calls only.
wbchristmas said:
I posted this the other day... Maybe it will point you in the right direction..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35155077#post35155077
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(To reply to what you were saying in the post)
Indeed we do have a starting point. However, I used the updated version of MIUI for the int'l model to port. It's literally almost done. Only flaw is signal as far as I can see at the moment.
If I remember correctly, aren't all of the Note 2's basically the same thing with the exception of the modems and Networks? (GSM vs CDMA?) Isn't the International version using GSM?
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(To reply to what you were saying in the post)
Indeed we do have a starting point. However, I used the updated version of MIUI for the int'l model to port. It's literally almost done. Only flaw is signal as far as I can see at the moment.
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thats the same issue they had with cm and now the only issue cm has is keeping data enabled anyways hopefully you can figure this out
Good luck on the radios. I tried another today using the i9300 aosp version and it boots, but com.android.phone fc's like crazy, then notepad ++ was jacking up when I started editing smali's
shiftr182 said:
Good luck on the radios. I tried another today using the i9300 aosp version and it boots, but com.android.phone fc's like crazy, then notepad ++ was jacking up when I started editing smali's
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I had that issue before, but I decided to undo the changes and just stick to emergency calls only at the moment. However, I didn't use the aosp version. It's not as easy as just changing stuff. Once you do so, another problem will occur. It's so annoying >.< That's why I've asked to form a team. I have 2 others so far. Xboxfanj and lbxmobbin & they do great work. We're literally almost done.. But don't ask for an ETA, just know that it's coming VERY VERY soon.
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I had that issue before, but I decided to undo the changes and just stick to emergency calls only at the moment. However, I didn't use the aosp version. It's not as easy as just changing stuff. Once you do so, another problem will occur. It's so annoying >.< That's why I've asked to form a team. I have 2 others so far. Xboxfanj and lbxmobbin & they do great work. We're literally almost done.. But don't ask for an ETA, just know that it's coming VERY VERY soon.
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Cool, let me know if you need any help. I got the aosp version on the international to boot today after I ported it over our cm10, and get a signal, but after a reboot no service.
If anyone wants to play with the international http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1973677
i've tried a number of roms in the past few days.. one didnt have camera support, another didnt have google voice search.. spent hours on customizing, resetting, flashing, re-flashing, re-re-flashing...
does anyone have a first-hand experience with a rom that supports ALL device hardware (intl Note II - GT-N7100).
thanks.
This Rom is good and all work perfectly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925402
i was hoping for 4.2.2..
sorry i didnt mention that.
Could you be more specific? Everything works fine on my device.. Camera support - you mean the touchwiz camera? You can't get that on aosp roms. Otherwise they should come with stock camera. Have you flashed the gapps package to get the google voice and other google apps?
switched roms...
i loved the previous one (slimroms.net) but after spending hours on it, i couldn't get the camera to work.
the current one i use (AOKP) works great, other then voice search in Google now.
i've installed the additional package that its supposedly requires but still no go. i can live without voice search (unlike camera) until KLP comes out.. now i just have to figure out why the ability to install APK's went away... it used to work on this rom but something happened. the "install" option is there but its unresponsive.
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Could you be more specific? Everything works fine on my device.. Camera support - you mean the touchwiz camera? You can't get that on aosp roms. Otherwise they should come with stock camera. Have you flashed the gapps package to get the google voice and other google apps?
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talamir said:
i've tried a number of roms in the past few days.. one didnt have camera support, another didnt have google voice search.. spent hours on customizing, resetting, flashing, re-flashing, re-re-flashing...
does anyone have a first-hand experience with a rom that supports ALL device hardware (intl Note II - GT-N7100).
thanks.
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Do some reading. I don't think you really know what you're doing.
Omega stock based rom will tide you over until you know what you're flashing.
wrong attitude...
so, just because i dont spend my days and nights installing new roms, it means i dont know what i'm doing..?
i dont claim to be an expert, but it seems that battling with hardware issues is something that even long time power users are sometimes having problems with... at least i spent some time researching and experimenting with my device before coming here asking for help.
talking down to people will not make you popular dude.
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Do some reading. I don't think you really know what you're doing.
Omega stock based rom will tide you over until you know what you're flashing.
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talamir said:
so, just because i dont spend my days and nights installing new roms, it means i dont know what i'm doing..?
i dont claim to be an expert, but it seems that battling with hardware issues is something that even long time power users are sometimes having problems with... at least i spent some time researching and experimenting with my device before coming here asking for help.
talking down to people will not make you popular dude.
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So why don`t you use stock rom with root? Or try Android Revolution HD, it is close to stock and fast as a bullet with great batterylife and all features are functional.
Depends dude. You got 2 ways to go at it, it's either cyanogen Rom s or stock based Rom. As far as I know the latest cm10.1 all have issues with the camera. So stick with stock based rooms, I would suggest using Alliance Rom 2.0 as I've been using there roms and haven't had any issues. The way I see it there are no bugs, only room for improvements.
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worked out best for me, all hardware supported :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2221954
bushako said:
Depends dude. You got 2 ways to go at it, it's either cyanogen Rom s or stock based Rom. As far as I know the latest cm10.1 all have issues with the camera. So stick with stock based rooms, I would suggest using Alliance Rom 2.0 as I've been using there roms and haven't had any issues. The way I see it there are no bugs, only room for improvements.
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Hi Guys,
Been an HTC guy, all my Android life. Thinking of picking up my first Sammy with the Sprint's version of Note 2. Just had a couple of questions about software and ROMs:
1. Are you guys expecting a Port or Updates from the new S4, coming to the Note 2? If so, when? Or if they've been ported already, can someone point me to the ROM or mods for those?
2. Been familiar with Sense and AOKP/CM10.1 for some time now. Never used TouchWiz. What are most of you driving with here? TouchWiz light and snappy enough with balance of pretty to be used as your Daily Driver, or are you guys AOKP kinda guys here as well? Either way, can you make some ROM recommendations for a new guy? I'd like to experience the Sammy experience, before moving on to AOKP, if possible?
Any other tips you can give me before I switch? I will be switching from an EVO LTE with CarbonROM running on it. Thank you for your time.
It's pretty much a 50/50 when it comes between TouchWiz or AOSP. There is already an s4 system dump.
For Rom recommendations I would suggest if you want TouchWiz stay on stock that's my opinion. And if you want AOSP is suggest CyanogenMod.
PAC rom is good too but for me I love simplicity. So that's why I'm currently on stock right now or CyanogenMod
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I was an HTC guy before coming to Sammy. I can say I wasn't all that thrilled with Touchwiz, compared to Sense.
I ended up ditching Touchwiz for Nova Launcher and a couple extra widget paks (HD widgets for clock and Android Pro Widgets for Timeline aka Friendstream and Contact favorites).
I am very happy with this combination.
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S4 firmware (4.2.2) will hit out device by the end of May.
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Chuck_IV said:
I was an HTC guy before coming to Sammy. I can say I wasn't all that thrilled with Touchwiz, compared to Sense.
I ended up ditching Touchwiz for Nova Launcher and a couple extra widget paks (HD widgets for clock and Android Pro Widgets for Timeline aka Friendstream and Contact favorites).
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I was the same at first, but in the long run, I actually Prefer TW to Sense. By miles. Stock TW is (usually, with perhaps a small bit of configuring) faster, and makes more intuitive sense (haha).
AOSP is of course loverly, but TW has a few features w/o totally obscuring Android that I think are ok, even worth it.
Thank you everyone for the response guys!
Just was wondering that I should try out TW for a bit, since I have never used it daily before. The gimmicky features from Sammy on the S4 though... like the Camera app and gestures and eyes thing for scrolling... do you guys think those will be/can be ported to the N2?
Thanks again for everyone's input... getting excited! Just not sure if the N2 will be too much of a phone for me to hold LOL!
ProFragger said:
Thank you everyone for the response guys!
Just was wondering that I should try out TW for a bit, since I have never used it daily before. The gimmicky features from Sammy on the S4 though... like the Camera app and gestures and eyes thing for scrolling... do you guys think those will be/can be ported to the N2?
Thanks again for everyone's input... getting excited! Just not sure if the N2 will be too much of a phone for me to hold LOL!
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Those are coming to our device either this month or next month. And before this device, I as a big time rooter, but I say stay stock, it has everything you could ever need.
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I too switched from HTC for 3 years.. And I can say I haven't been happier!!! Tw does take some getting used to after sense, but none the less its every bit as good as sense IMO... If I want a tweaked stock tw ROM, I suggest checking out the lab rats ROM.. Its pretty cartoonish stock, but the updater is chocked full of themes and different apps. Its been an amazing ROM. I used to be a flashaholic til the rats came my way. Not to mention they gotta be the friendliest, goofiest, most entertaining group of devs I've seen yet and as for requests, if its possible its usually pretty quick turnaround and they enjoy all they do probably even more than we do!!! Give it a shot and I can almost bet you will keep coming back to the lab!! Of course this is just my opinion, but there are many more who share it!! As well as, of course, some that don't..
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Everyone,
Thank you for your wonderful responses. I just brought home the N2 and it's a MONSTER !!! LOL!
I do want to stay TW for a bit though... so can you guys recommend the most UP TO DATE, and MOST CUSTOMIZEABLE TW ROM with hopefully the LEAST about of bugs and MOST amount of speed? (LOL! I know, talk about Eutopian demands, right !?)
An example of that ^ from the EVO LTE world is Team Venom's ROM...
I will Root though,because I need apps like Titanium Backup to fully set me up on the new device...
Thank you again for all your help! Looking forward to loving the Sammy world !
And oh, for the folks saying that GS4 camera and other features are coming to N2... do you think there will be some features that will NOT work on the N2 for Hardware or Kernel (firmware) issues? Thanks again!
ProFragger said:
Everyone,
Thank you for your wonderful responses. I just brought home the N2 and it's a MONSTER !!! LOL!
I do want to stay TW for a bit though... so can you guys recommend the most UP TO DATE, and MOST CUSTOMIZEABLE TW ROM with hopefully the LEAST about of bugs and MOST amount of speed? (LOL! I know, talk about Eutopian demands, right !?)
An example of that ^ from the EVO LTE world is Team Venom's ROM...
I will Root though,because I need apps like Titanium Backup to fully set me up on the new device...
Thank you again for all your help! Looking forward to loving the Sammy world !
And oh, for the folks saying that GS4 camera and other features are coming to N2... do you think there will be some features that will NOT work on the N2 for Hardware or Kernel (firmware) issues? Thanks again!
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There will be some things that won't work properly due to hardware restrictions, but most everything that doesn't rely on hardware, we should be getting at some point..
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Thanks again for the responses guys. Tried my first few ROMs last night... JellyBomb... LabRats... Nice ROMs, but they are too "modded" and touched for my taste...
What ROM can you recommend that's kinda Stock, debloated, keeps the original spirit of Stock at it's heart, with performance enhancements?
Is Synergy a good one?
Also... what's the later build? M7 or something after that? I am forgetting the name right now ...
ProFragger said:
Thanks again for the responses guys. Tried my first few ROMs last night... JellyBomb... LabRats... Nice ROMs, but they are too "modded" and touched for my taste...
What ROM can you recommend that's kinda Stock, debloated, keeps the original spirit of Stock at it's heart, with performance enhancements?
Is Synergy a good one?
Also... what's the later build? M7 or something after that? I am forgetting the name right now ...
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Mc2 is the latest... Not sure on which ROM would be to ur liking tho as I've been stuck on lab rats for months. They practically cured my flashaholism... Lol
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Mc2 is the latest... Not sure on which ROM would be to ur liking tho as I've been stuck on lab rats for months. They practically cured my flashaholism... Lol
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Hey sparytrainor,
Thank you for your response. Per your recommendation, I tried the Lab Rats ROM, but found a NUMBER of issues with them:
1. I didn't like the annoying PnB Bootanimation, and tried changing it via their built Customization app, but it just booted into Recovery and did nothing ...
2. The kept prompting an update, annoying
3. Flashlight toggle didn't work
Just seemed way too customized to me, without a whole lot of value for those changes.
I am now trying Stock MC2, Rooted and DeOdexed, but I can't seem to boot in. TWRP says, it needs to fix Root permissions at the end of the flash and in both cases (Fix or Not), the phone reboots and sits at the Samsung GN II screen...? Am I missing some firmware requirements here?
When I get that ROM going, I hope to debloat it with TB, and find ways to tweak it a bit, like find a Battery mod or something maybe...?
Thanks again for everyone reading my thread!
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Hey sparytrainor,
Thank you for your response. Per your recommendation, I tried the Lab Rats ROM, but found a NUMBER of issues with them:
1. I didn't like the annoying PnB Bootanimation, and tried changing it via their built Customization app, but it just booted into Recovery and did nothing ...
2. The kept prompting an update, annoying
3. Flashlight toggle didn't work
Just seemed way too customized to me, without a whole lot of value for those changes.
I am now trying Stock MC2, Rooted and DeOdexed, but I can't seem to boot in. TWRP says, it needs to fix Root permissions at the end of the flash and in both cases (Fix or Not), the phone reboots and sits at the Samsung GN II screen...? Am I missing some firmware requirements here?
When I get that ROM going, I hope to debloat it with TB, and find ways to tweak it a bit, like find a Battery mod or something maybe...?
Thanks again for everyone reading my thread!
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OK, in the updater, go into settings and select reboot type and select the recovery u use. This will fix the reboot and install not working.
Also there are fixes in the updater for all the other issue u mentioned with the ROM other than the flashligt , which I use one from the play store anyway..
Check out the updater website for previews of the mods and themes.
http://updater.team-nocturnal.com/labrats/
And as for the other issue, mine says it needs to fix root sometimes as well, but I swipe to fix and everything goes fine. If you didn't update to mc2, u may need to. Here's a link for that as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240961
Good luck to u.. Happy flashing and enjoy your new favorite phone!!!
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OK, in the updater, go into settings and select reboot type and select the recovery u use. This will fix the reboot and install not working.
Also there are fixes in the updater for all the other issue u mentioned with the ROM other than the flashligt , which I use one from the play store anyway..
Check out the updater website for previews of the mods and themes.
http://updater.team-nocturnal.com/labrats/
And as for the other issue, mine says it needs to fix root sometimes as well, but I swipe to fix and everything goes fine. If you didn't update to mc2, u may need to. Here's a link for that as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240961
Good luck to u.. Happy flashing and enjoy your new favorite phone!!!
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Thank you again, friend, that seems to have worked !
Couple of follow up questions:
1. In the LabRats ROM, if your Swipe to Capture function working?
2. Is there a "safe list" available for the apps I can uninstall to de-bloat?
3. If you run into a faster, less bulky ROM, please share with me , thanks!
Actually that goes for everyone else, as well. Please share your thoughts and inputs if you happen to have some cool ROM recommendations for TW ROMs that are the lightest and the fastest an least buggy !
Thanks guys!
You'd have to search around for a list of what can and can't be removed.. Or u can do like I did and make a backup so if u remove something that breaks the ROM, u can restore ur backup in twrp and be right back where u started..
Swipe to capture has to be turned on in settings. By default it is off.. I used it to take this screenshot for u..
As for a debloated ROM, you might do well with nowiz aosp in development section..can't get much more debloated than that..
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You'd have to search around for a list of what can and can't be removed.. Or u can do like I did and make a backup so if u remove something that breaks the ROM, u can restore ur backup in twrp and be right back where u started..
Swipe to capture has to be turned on in settings. By default it is off.. I used it to take this screenshot for u..
As for a debloated ROM, you might do well with nowiz aosp in development section..can't get much more debloated than that..
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Couple of questions bro:
1. What's the eye icon in your screen shot in the notification bar? I never get that...
2. What theme are you using? Link to that theme and other cool ones like it? (I love Red themes )
3. As for the swipe to screen, I've had the right settings enabled, but for the life of me, I cannot get that feature to work ... Even tried it on a friend's stock GS3, nothing. Saw videos on YouTube as well, mimicking the same thing, still no go ... wonder what's up?
As always, much appreciate your kindness and help !
We can help a lot more if you post in our lab rats thread.
I removed about as much as I could without complaints. I personally would remove more, but I wanted to keep the users happy. I would remove s voice, email, calender, Google search, Google now, voice recorder, and voice search. Themes are in the updater and screen shots are on our Web site. All PATB can be removed via the updater.
The eye is smart stay that you must turn on. Flashlight works perfectly fine for everyone else as well as swipe to capture.
Thank you sparytrainor!
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Ok... if all you have to say is.. "Why didn't you search this?" or "Not another post about this." or "The best ROM is the one that YOU like, so just try them all"... then just save your time and move along, really, I'm not a noob, I've tried ROMs, I want some personal recommendations that meet specific needs...
Having said that, I have searched around, I've read through a bunch of ROM threads and tried 2 different ones... I'm in a hurry and need a few solid recommendations from the peeps...
I need a good solid/stable ROM WITH S-Note (I use it a ton at work and I just can't live without it right now, which is also the reason I'm in a hurry and can't afford to have days on end with only a semi-functional phone while testing different ROMs)... Also, I've tried one of the Note 3 ROMs that had the newest S-Note version and tried all sorts of things but couldn't get my old notes to work on the new S-Note app.
I just need something relatively new, fast, stable and with S-Note. I like themeing and add-on options and cool stuff so the more of that stuff the better.....
So... any ROMs with those requirements that you've used and are just crazy about?... Something you've been stuck on as a DD for while it's so good?
Thanks for the recommendations guys.. (I've been out of the ROM flashing thing for almost a year and just need a good place to start back)
Cheers,
Blakjak
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Ok... if all you have to say is.. "Why didn't you search this?" or "Not another post about this." or "The best ROM is the one that YOU like, so just try them all"... then just save your time and move along, really, I'm not a noob, I've tried ROMs, I want some personal recommendations that meet specific needs...
Having said that, I have searched around, I've read through a bunch of ROM threads and tried 2 different ones... I'm in a hurry and need a few solid recommendations from the peeps...
I need a good solid/stable ROM WITH S-Note (I use it a ton at work and I just can't live without it right now, which is also the reason I'm in a hurry and can't afford to have days on end with only a semi-functional phone while testing different ROMs)... Also, I've tried one of the Note 3 ROMs that had the newest S-Note version and tried all sorts of things but couldn't get my old notes to work on the new S-Note app.
I just need something relatively new, fast, stable and with S-Note. I like themeing and add-on options and cool stuff so the more of that stuff the better.....
So... any ROMs with those requirements that you've used and are just crazy about?... Something you've been stuck on as a DD for while it's so good?
Thanks for the recommendations guys.. (I've been out of the ROM flashing thing for almost a year and just need a good place to start back)
Cheers,
Blakjak
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Sounds like you're be better off keeping it safe with a rooted stock ROM
AT&T UCUBMK6 i317 *Deodexed* Stock CWM Note 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Then load Xposed Frameworks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
Then check out the modules
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327541
And see how you want to tweak/mod yourself.
The way I got Snote3 to work with old Notes was accidental. I signed into my Samsung account where I had them synced. It popped up asking if I wanted to import them, and it worked.
Thanks for the ideas.... I'm running Jedix20 right now and it seems to be pretty good but I'm gonna give the Xposed framework a try.
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blakjak220 said:
Thanks for the ideas.... I'm running Jedix20 right now and it seems to be pretty good but I'm gonna give the Xposed framework a try.
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You'll like xposed...
The flexibility and shear amount of modification available is astounding...
Please report back if you would...and let us hear your success story ...
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