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I am a bit new to Android and the GS3. But honestly I am already sick and tired of waiting for Jelly Bean as well as some of the problems of Touchwiz. So I think CM10 is the next thing for me. But I am unsure of the differencr between Touchwiz and CM10. For example I love the quick settings panel, the brilliang camera app and settings, Wi-Fi direct sharing (sbeam) , as well as the smart dialer and decent task manager. I just want to make sure everything will be better.
it's your call. i'd say you should try it out, and if you don't like it, you can always go back to stock touchwiz. just remember to read the op and the last few pages of the thread to make sure there aren't any unwanted problems to deal with. and of course, backup your current rom.
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Stock Jelly Bean has been leaked. This will give you all the Jelly Bean goodness without resorting to a custom ROM.
You could also install the touchwiz launcher on CM10 if you like the TouchWiz UI. (I don't)
You can always flash back to stock ICS if you don't like where you end up. Just read the original post and make sure you understand what you're doing so you don't end up with a brick.
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it's your call. i'd say you should try it out, and if you don't like it, you can always go back to stock touchwiz. just remember to read the op and the last few pages of the thread to make sure there aren't any unwanted problems to deal with. and of course, backup your current rom.
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So if I tried it and didn't like it, I could just go back to normal and get updates OTA and everything.
Not all S3 are identical. The radio interface are slightly different, region wise. So yes , you can download a Samsung stock ROM off the Internet, it will not be exactly the same. Call and battery performance will be affected slightly.
You can use a backup to restore, it is the closest you can get to original, but rooted.
That it's the complete picture.
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Things I like about touchwiz.
Movable home screens.
Little red flags on home screen icon showing unread status.
Social hub for Twitter and Facebook.
A working music player
Swipe right to call, left to SMS
Task manager, less of an issue in ICS and later.
Good alarm app
Best battery performance without tweaking.
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GilaMonster1 said:
So if I tried it and didn't like it, I could just go back to normal and get updates OTA and everything.
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yes, but not without some work. you'd need to either restore your backup and unroot, and remove the custom recovery or odin back to stock.
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Anything comparing features or anything?
I've been trying to stay on TW as long as I could because of the camera.
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jasvncnt1 said:
I've been trying to stay on TW as long as I could because of the camera.
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Yeah, the camera is brilliant.
Then I recommend Drew Garen Serenity rom! Its Touchwiz JB, its a GNote2 port, works great if you want the same TW features and more! (Gnote stuff), just use a launcher. I'm using tasks AOKP rom myself and its awesome
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I've been stuck with AOSP. I love the TW/Samsung features, just not the interface. Coming from a Nexus, I just got comfortable with minimal. Slimbean, Aokp and liquid smooth are great base ROMs that are light.
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ElKompaAndres said:
Then I recommend Drew Garen Serenity rom! Its Touchwiz JB, its a GNote2 port, works great if you want the same TW features and more! (Gnote stuff), just use a launcher. I'm using tasks AOKP rom myself and its awesome
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The whole thing with that is I don't particularly care for Touchwiz. It kinda ugly and heavy with useless stuff. I just don't want to lose useful features.
GilaMonster1 said:
The whole thing with that is I don't particularly care for Touchwiz. It kinda ugly and heavy with useless stuff. I just don't want to lose useful features.
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yea im in the same position you are, i still change back and fourth because of features on TW that i miss and need often.
I am considering just flashing and trying it out and flashing back if I don't like it. I honestly don't mind Touchwiz, but I feel like if I give in and and wait, then I will just keep falling further behind. Perhaps Touchwiz is better now, but it certainly won't be in January
Touch wiz has too much overlay IMO. Liquid smooth is one of the best AOKP ROMs I've tried. But you will be missing out on Sbeam and everything Samsung related of course. But the sheer speed of aokp is a good enough trade off for me to lose just the neat camera and svoice.
I am using AOKP from Task and ktoonez, I love it but really miss smart stay and allshare cast to the point where I'll probably go back to TW JB once ATT actually releases it. Is there a JB ROM that includes those?
Hey guys,
Is there anyway to get the TouchWiz S3 camera features with one of the custom roms or just stick to a stock?
My brother loves the AOKP but he is insistent on having those default camera features/effects that came with the phone.
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I am using AOKP from Task and ktoonez, I love it but really miss smart stay and allshare cast to the point where I'll probably go back to TW JB once ATT actually releases it. Is there a JB ROM that includes those?
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I would love this as well
Organized_Chaos said:
Stock Jelly Bean has been leaked. This will give you all the Jelly Bean goodness without resorting to a custom ROM.
You could also install the touchwiz launcher on CM10 if you like the TouchWiz UI. (I don't)
You can always flash back to stock ICS if you don't like where you end up. Just read the original post and make sure you understand what you're doing so you don't end up with a brick.
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It has been leaked for tmo and sprint. I haven't seen an att leak.
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jasvncnt1 said:
I've been trying to stay on TW as long as I could because of the camera.
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I didn't notice any significant feature, can share?
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I've been running modified stock TW ROMS and they seem to be the only ROMS capable of running the 4.2 camera with out it freezing. Anything CM10 based freezes. I've searched the forums for a fix to no avail has anyone found a fix for this? I really love this camera and want to use CM10 based ROMS in the future.
Also is it possible to use WiFi-Direct on CM10 properly to transfer files? I see the WiFi-Direct option in the settings but cant seem to send files this way.
Thanks a bunch.
c_86 said:
Please search next time. This has been covered.
What you need to do with the 4.2 camera is focus by touching middle of screen then take pic.
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did use the search, must not have used correct keywords. Touching middle of the screen doe not always work. Thank you for the response.
Just curious, were you able to get the 4.2 camera to work on any ICS TouchWiz roms or were they all JB?
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Just curious, were you able to get the 4.2 camera to work on any ICS TouchWiz roms or were they all JB?
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Yeah I had it working on stock ICS and I have it working on a Galaxy Note II port. For me only TW seems to work the camera flawlessly. Nerver got it 100% on any CM based ROMS.
Touch middle of screen to focus then take a picture...OR.......go to option and turn scene mode to "action"...that also fixes the problem
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Touch middle of screen to focus then take a picture...OR.......go to option and turn scene mode to "action"...that also fixes the problem
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Action never worked for me.
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dacornholio said:
Touch middle of screen to focus then take a picture...OR.......go to option and turn scene mode to "action"...that also fixes the problem
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Just tried this as well, doesn't work. Even used different 4.2 camera packages with the same result. Just going to stay on TW based ROMS for now.
I've done a fair amount of reading on this and I really don't think the 4.2 camera will work until we get the merged CM10 builds. I'm not sure why it appears to work with ICS TouchWiz roms, but as far as CM10 is concerned I think it's a pretty safe bet that it just won't work until we get 4.2.
Installed it on my device running a modified TW ICS rom,
Photosphere doesn't work that well :/
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I've done a fair amount of reading on this and I really don't think the 4.2 camera will work until we get the merged CM10 builds. I'm not sure why it appears to work with ICS TouchWiz roms, but as far as CM10 is concerned I think it's a pretty safe bet that it just won't work until we get 4.2.
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That makes sense thanks for the info.
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Installed it on my device running a modified TW ICS rom,
Photosphere doesn't work that well :/
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Try flashing this camera package. This is the only one that seems to work for me for some reason. A friend of mine discovered this. I wish I knew where so I can credit them but try flashing this zip
http://www.mediafire.com/?ppk3v9quq9ncnrf
I flashed a camera zip file from here:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/31/download-camera-apk-from-android-4-2-photo-sphere-included/
think it's the same?
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I flashed a camera zip file from here:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/31/download-camera-apk-from-android-4-2-photo-sphere-included/
think it's the same?
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It very well could be. The zip I sent you has photosphere working and with the gallery working. The editing portion works on few ROMS not all for some reason I've noticed. But the zip i sent you is the one I've been using.
This camera thing not working is starting to piss me off lol
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c_86 said:
This camera thing not working is starting to piss me off lol
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Actually on the ROM I'm on it works pretty flawlessly
DamageSource said:
Actually on the ROM I'm on it works pretty flawlessly
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Way to go unto detail there ....
/sarcasm
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c_86 said:
Way to go unto detail there ....
/sarcasm
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Here's the ROM I'm using since I was on my mobile responding before:
Serenity: ]=http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951115
Everything is working except the photo editor options. Tiny world works but it's hit and miss on the others. So far this is probably my favorite ROm that I have had no problems with yet. I just use stock gallery to do my photo editing when i need to since 4.2 is mostly filters anyways but photosphere does work for me.
Does anyone have any idea how to fix apps that look like this?
I used rom toolbox to edit buildprop dpi and it worked flawlessly on stock lk8.
Also wanted to just inform that my battery life is ridiculous after editing cpu adjustments in rom toolbox as well. If anyone wants my settings used for cpu in rom toolbox just ask.
I attached an image of what the camera app is doing as well as my battery life so far.
+edit+ so after work I was able to evaluate which apps don't show correctly and here's what ive found so far....phone and camera display are a little off but theyre both completely viewable ++
Still trying to figure out how to fix this
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Heres 2 more screenshots of misbehaving apps...as of now its only camera, dialer, amd mutiwindow that looks off but multiwindow apps function normal when opened. Also the samsung keyboard forcecloses so I disabled that and use swype with no issues due to dpi change
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001143
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001143
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I saw this and since he doesnt have a device and hasnt done anything really with lk8 I thought.id give it a shot and see what I could get going only thing is I pmed KBizzle from the Paranoid thread and he says it appears the framework isnt built for such a low dpi. So ill keep diving into it and see what I can come up with for a reasonable solution
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kbrann85 said:
I saw this and since he doesnt have a device and hasnt done anything really with lk8 I thought.id give it a shot and see what I could get going only thing is I pmed KBizzle from the Paranoid thread and he says it appears the framework isnt built for such a low dpi. So ill keep diving into it and see what I can come up with for a reasonable solution
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Well they do work on LK8.
Been using TouchWiz since I got my phone (FreeGS3), now switched to LiquidSmooth (4.2.1), and it's awesome...
BUT, the photo quality on TW was MUCH better. So much that I think I'll switch back.
UNLESS anyone knows ... is there a camera app for AOSP that can match the quality of the TW camera?
Has anyone else noticed the inferior photos? Blurrier, less colorful, no HDR ...
And most idiotic of all, the whole "viewfinder" rotates from landscape to portrait ... which makes NO sense.
On a side note ... I wish someone would create a camera app like the HTC Evo 4G LTE where there are TWO buttons on the screen, one for photos, and one for video ... so that you don't have to switch apps!
Samsung's tw camera is the best...I have downloaded camera zoom fx and still the two camera is better by far...I wish there was an apk for the the tw camera on my aosp...all other cameras are slow
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Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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Ceelos09 said:
Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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That would be freaking awesome.
Like, donation awesome
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Ceelos09 said:
Porting the TW camera to AOSP is possible. The TW dependencies just have to be removed. I remember an old friend of mine posted a how to in the OG Epic forums... Might take a look and see if it's something I can poke into
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Yes please!
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Same here if you can find tw camera which will work on aosp that will be great.
Didnt google tried to improve camera in 4.2.2 ??
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That's what I thought as well.... However it doesn't appear that way.
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This app is AOSP based and has two buttons for stills and video.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snaptrial
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Didn't want to make another thread but... I am running Liquid Smooth (Stable) and I was wondering if there was a mod to get Photosphere?? I have tried many times and it never works lol... just wondering if there is a working Photosphere mod? Thanks!
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Didn't want to make another thread but... I am running Liquid Smooth (Stable) and I was wondering if there was a mod to get Photosphere?? I have tried many times and it never works lol... just wondering if there is a working Photosphere mod? Thanks!
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I believe photosphere only works on 4.1.x AOSP based ROMs and not 4.2.x AOSP ROMs...
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I believe photosphere only works on 4.1.x AOSP based ROMs and not 4.2.x AOSP ROMs...
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I have it working on my phone running LiquidSmooth. I have the zip that I used but cannot find the xda thread that I got it from. I'm a little hesitant on posting it, because it's not my work, but I also want to help.
Here is a link to the file: 4CamNex2.zip
This is the stock camera for the Nexus. All you have to do is flash it in your Recovery (I used TWRP). It has a working photosphere, but is very limited in the settings you can change. For instance, I cannot choose the storage location or HDR or any of the fancy stuff that comes with the LiquidSmooth Rom. You can see my screenshots I just took to see what it looks like.
What I have done to mitigate these limitations is that I kept the LiquidSmooth camera. When I want to use Photosphere (which isn't too often), I use the Nexus Camera, and all other pictures are taken with the Stock LiquidSmooth camera. When I do things like set wallpaper, I have to choose my gallery (two cameras = two galleries), but it's not too much of an issue for me.
Hope this helps, and if anyone can find the original thread with this camera, let me know and I'll link it (and remove my dropbox link). I want to give props to whoever created it.
So are the pics quality better with this camera mod compared to whats in liquid smooth ??
I really liked the jellybam rom I was using but I wanted the multi Window feature. I switched to Jedi X which is touch wiz based to get the multi Window feature. I just hate touchwiz so I'm probably switching back. Just wondering if any other roms have multi Window feature so I could get the best of both worlds.
Thanks!
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No its Samsung/Touchwiz proprietary sorry
you can use the MIUI port in the general dev section......most everything works like MIUI and you still get spen and multiwindow
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you can use the MIUI port in the general dev section......most everything works like MIUI and you still get spen and multiwindow
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Oh ya totally forgot about the Hybrid roms
That being said, MIUI is the exception, not the rule...
I wonder how MIUI got around the TW proprietary software issue. You dont suppose they St*** it do you ?....GASP !!!
I like MIUI this----.----much.......g
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That being said, MIUI is the exception, not the rule...
I wonder how MIUI got around the TW proprietary software issue. You dont suppose they St*** it do you ?....GASP !!!
I like MIUI this----.----much.......g
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who knows......just wish they could do it with AOKP id be sooooooooooooooooo happy
Give it time. ..
We are just getting started with note2 mods. ...g