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Hi first thread sorry if its bad, im not sure if possible but im looking for a way to get cyanogenmod but i dont want to lose the features like smart stay, pop up play, sbeam, nfc, or the motions features. I use nova launcher and dont really care for touchwiz. I used cyanogenmod on my evo for years and got the galaxy s3, i want cyanogenmod back but i dont want to lose those features. Is there another rom that is basically the same but has the features? or is there a way to add the features to cyanogen through a kernel or add on? I could live without some of the features but that was partly why i got the gs3 instead of the evo lte. I would appreciate any help,app replacments, or even just a rom recommendation thats runs like cyanogen(battery life, speed, smoothness, possibly ctr animation, customization, google now) but has the gs3 features.
sly_guy069 said:
Hi first thread sorry if its bad, im not sure if possible but im looking for a way to get cyanogenmod but i dont want to lose the features like smart stay, pop up play, sbeam, nfc, or the motions features. I use nova launcher and dont really care for touchwiz. I used cyanogenmod on my evo for years and got the galaxy s3, i want cyanogenmod back but i dont want to lose those features. Is there another rom that is basically the same but has the features? or is there a way to add the features to cyanogen through a kernel or add on? I could live without some of the features but that was partly why i got the gs3 instead of the evo lte. I would appreciate any help,app replacments, or even just a rom recommendation thats runs like cyanogen(battery life, speed, smoothness, possibly ctr animation, customization, google now) but has the gs3 features.
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Hate to say it but its one or the other. There are smart stay apps in the store as well as pop up players, nfc is in CM and you'll lose all the motion features.
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There's an app called Super Video that is actually more powerful than the popup player with stock.
Some of the motion tasks may be possible with an app like Tasker.
okay so i found the smart stay app and the video app and tasker, is there a way to get android beam i believe its called to run instead of sbeam?
sly_guy069 said:
okay so i found the smart stay app and the video app and tasker, is there a way to get android beam i believe its called to run instead of sbeam?
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That is in CM already
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Just remember that Android Beam (at least the version for this phone) is less powerful than S-Beam. You can't send things like MP3s or photos, only links, contact cards, etc.
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pastert33 said:
Hate to say it but its one or the other. There are smart stay apps in the store as well as pop up players, nfc is in CM and you'll lose all the motion features.
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On a similar note, by losing the motion settings on the CM 10.1 nightly 28th June 2013 on Galaxy S3 International,
I am unable to calibrate the gyroscope etc and hence my Navigation (google) is suffering. Can that be fixed?
Also I am having issues in sending contacts via sms. My family members have old phones which only accept sms no VCF etc. No net. Its painful copying each and every contact detail into a text jumping back and forth.
If not, can you please guide me to a suggestions/complaints section for CM devs so that they may help me out?
You're in the wrong device forum, this is for Sprint only.
The Thanks button is just to avoid "THANKS" posts in threads. Nothing more. Don't defeat the purpose of why it was introduced.
What are the thing(s) you have to have working before you download a new Rom. I know we all want it to make and receive phonecalls and access the web. As I have read some of the rom threads we seem to have different deal breakers.
Mine is it has to have a working GPS ( I tend to go off the beaten path and need to find my way home).
So please let me know what makes or brakes a rom for you?
Data and WiFi for me. I build ROMs though so if something doesn't work, it's usually my fault lol.
Makes: no cruff. I'm not a fan of excess. Having a ROM that tries to include everything for everybody isn't my cup o tea. For example, stock cm9 and 10 seem to provide you just a basic experience with a few enhancements.
Breaks: colors. Give me the code changes. If you want to muck with the colors, do it via an add on.
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GPS and Bluetooth audio. Also a decent camera app should be added on the list.
I hate single color themes has to be og software look and app drawer has to be alphabetical
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After trying out a few different versions, I quickly came to the conclusion that I don't like the aosp based ROMs. Beyond that, my files (ringtones, wallpapers, pics, etc) have to be visible. One ROM I tried several versions of couldn't see any of my files that existed before the install. The files were still there, but I could only access them thru Astro. That got old fast.
Otherwise, I'm willing to jump thru a few hoops as long as the basics work.
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Everyone wants to unlock their bootloader so they can run a custom ROM, the supposed purpose being to improve performance and gain new features. But then, once they get the new ROM on there, they keep posting about all the problems they are having, and how this, that or the other doesn't work as well as stock. After goofing with every, and I mean EVERY ROM available for the Razr M, IMHO there's absolutely no reason to use a custom ROM if you are expecting "like stock" performance. It's fun, it's addicting, it can get crazy sometimes, but don't expect it to ever be "Final". More than likely, it will be abandoned the moment a new phone or Android version comes along, and you'll be left with all those unsolved FCs and "almost works" features left hanging. Sad, really.
And then there's the whole "let's take the stock ROM from some other phone entirely and try to make it work on our phone" thing. I totally don't get that. If you like the Necco Choco-Android-o-rama's OS so well, why not just buy that phone instead? I'm just sayin'...
Rooting? That's totally different. I don't know what they do in other countries for bloatware, but Verizon certainly loads up some stinker software here in the US. Tell me, unless you're really into that sort of thing, why would the average shmoe care about Zappos? I certainly don't! And, if I wanted an app for NFL football, I'm perfectly capable of picking one from Google Play, yeah? Same with all the Amazon shtuff. Yeah I get it, advertising helps cover manufacturing costs, and all that jazz. Sure they do it to every new PC from Brand Name X too, but at least you can uninstall it. So rooting is sort of revenge for hogging my limited storage space and then limiting my ability to do anything about it.
And since I'm on this rant anyway, please... PLEASE!!! No more of this "Let's see if we can make our Android look like an iPhone" crap. Or worse, "Windows 8 Phone" crap! - Ewww! That's like taking a Jaguar and trying to make it look like a Ford Pinto... you might manage it, but who the heck would want it?
This rant has been a Public Service Announcement. The thoughts and views expressed herein are not to be considered... period. :silly:
You said it!
I linked to this from my restore where I have a commentary section.
I totally agree. Don't flash ROMs if your going to complain. Its one thing to report to the devs and quite another to ***** about it. And good on ya for the entire rant.
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I really hope the motox stock can be ported.
It would be a big event if he & others did it.
I thank them on each post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2412427
I originally rooted and unlocked my bootloader on this phone because of the screen shake issue that a Motorola introduced in an update if that didn't happen I may not of rooted the phone its stock ROM has such a good layout its no wonder so many complain. I however knew what I was getting into. Rule of thumb to new flashers backups are your friend and don't piss off the developers.
I like stock... de-bloat it and its good to go... just wish I could find something to mod the navi bar... remove the recent apps button replace it with the menu button and change color of it...
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well, the main reason why folks are not as excited about the new ROMs, is b/c there are not any ground-breaking features on the 4.2.2 or 4.3 operating systems. When I got my first android, I had Froyo. Folks were dying to get to Gingerbread in order to vastly increase performance/battery life.
the deal with Jelly Bean, is that the upgrade from stock 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 or 4.3 is minimal at best - and the changes are mostly aesthetics (although, I read that 4.3 has better bluetooth connectivity). but mostly, 4.2.2/4.3 are primarily geared towards tablets.
the race is on now to see what KitKat can bring to current phone users.
in terms of improvements, just as radorix said, these custom ROMs eliminated the shakes that I was getting on 4.1.2. so for me, while that was not a huge deal, it's enough for me to go custom.
personally, I like the tiles layout of 4.2.2 as well as the AOKP customization, so I'll stick with that for now given that my battery life/performance is stock-like.
*claps* You said it. The Razr M has actually been the first Android phone I owned where I've kept the stock ROM. I think it does fine with 4.1.2 atm, and if I really wanted a change I'd probably just theme it.
The only thing that matters to me is stability and speed. I like a fast phone and I like to o/c, push the phone. I like to test things and try to understand its problems rather than build myself because I don't have the time. If I can find the right medium between speed and stability it becomes my dd, naturally. But stock was built for a reason and every now and then I go back to 4.1.2 because I miss some of the features. Like the far left quick settings menu and Circle Clock. Why have to find a work around to add all these features and fixes to a reimagined custom OS that causes more problems when its already working? We wouldn't have anything to work with if we didn't have the source to start at!
Couldn't agree more. I've had 9 different android devices in the past 4 years. Only ones I haven't rooted are my Sony tablet s (original, don't even get me started with their abandonment of this thing, hey let's leave bugs, make a seemingly unlockable boot loader, not share any code, abandon it after realizing all the bugs exist, then support everything we make after it) and my original nexus 7. I too came back to a stock debloated deodexed ROM for the RAZR M.
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JPHoller said:
Couldn't agree more. I've had 9 different android devices in the past 4 years. Only ones I haven't rooted are my Sony tablet s (original, don't even get me started with their abandonment of this thing, hey let's leave bugs, make a seemingly unlockable boot loader, not share any code, abandon it after realizing all the bugs exist, then support everything we make after it) and my original nexus 7. I too came back to a stock debloated deodexed ROM for the RAZR M.
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Lol. Not the only Sammy device they've dropped. Heard of the Galaxy Player 4.2?
Oh and ezknives, you do realize the menu button is completely redundant right? Considering it pops up if needed and isn't even supported/required for Holo apps
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sloosecannon said:
Lol. Not the only Sammy device they've dropped. Heard of the Galaxy Player 4.2?
Oh and ezknives, you do realize the menu button is completely redundant right? Considering it pops up if needed and isn't even supported/required for Holo apps
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Not for me... with-in various apps it does not... when on different ROMs and I removed the multitasking feature and replaced it with a menu key I was able to utilize features that was other wise inaccessible... like deleting messages in Facebook app for instance... that cannot be done without a menu button or opening your browser and requesting the desktop site... I just need my menu key its never there when I need it...and I don't know what halo apps are nor use it I don't believe...
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Not for me... with-in various apps it does not... when on different ROMs and I removed the multitasking feature and replaced it with a menu key I was able to utilize features that was other wise inaccessible... like deleting messages in Facebook app for instance... that cannot be done without a menu button or opening your browser and requesting the desktop site... I just need my menu key its never there when I need it...and I don't know what halo apps are nor use it I don't believe...
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Holo means apps designed for android 4.0+.
It's the ICS+ ui style. There should be a way to access the menu without a dedicated button - either built-in or by telling the system it's a legacy app that needs the settings button to appear
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netizenmt said:
Everyone wants to unlock their bootloader so they can run a custom ROM, the supposed purpose being to improve performance and gain new features. But then, once they get the new ROM on there, they keep posting about all the problems they are having, and how this, that or the other doesn't work as well as stock. After goofing with every, and I mean EVERY ROM available for the Razr M, IMHO there's absolutely no reason to use a custom ROM if you are expecting "like stock" performance. It's fun, it's addicting, it can get crazy sometimes, but don't expect it to ever be "Final". More than likely, it will be abandoned the moment a new phone or Android version comes along, and you'll be left with all those unsolved FCs and "almost works" features left hanging. Sad, really.
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Meh. I disagree. I've been running CM since it went official and I haven't had any complaints. I experience much-better-than-stock performance and battery life, plus it is way more customizable. I love it!
allc0re said:
Meh. I disagree. I've been running CM since it went official and I haven't had any complaints. I experience much-better-than-stock performance and battery life, plus it is way more customizable. I love it!
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I just tried it again. Froze on reboot, wouldn't let me into recovery, same BS as all the 4.3 versions. And I wrote the book, well thread, on how to install it, so yeah I wiped etc.
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i'm enjoying better than stock performance on the stable 4.2.2 branch, and i built a custom kernel for CM10.1 for better performance. I tried the 'stock' life and its boring lol. The custom ROM features and better performance are what makes it worth it in my view. 4.3 will be even better as work is continually being done on it, and it hasn't been out that long. Also, I think we need to give appreciation to the devs for giving us options as far as what we can run on this phone compared to being stuck with only one choice.
CM is getting good. Recently the "display freezing" issue got fixed, also more fixes for cardock audio and wifi. It simply takes a while to get it all done properly (with that what's left is SIM I/O and HDR (works with Moto X camera application)).
@netizenmt: Booting to recovery is not affected by the ROM you have installed, so you screwed up the installation at some point.
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CM is getting good. Recently the "display freezing" issue got fixed, also more fixes for cardock audio and wifi. It simply takes a while to get it all done properly (with that what's left is SIM I/O and HDR (works with Moto X camera application)).
@netizenmt: Booting to recovery is not affected by the ROM you have installed, so you screwed up the installation at some point.
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Would you offer a build for a Bluetooth phone user that has the SD swap working?
One that might quiet this thread?
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I just tried it again. Froze on reboot, wouldn't let me into recovery, same BS as all the 4.3 versions. And I wrote the book, well thread, on how to install it, so yeah I wiped etc.
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There are a few tricks to getting 4.3 installed and running but it will never happen if u just quite and go back to stock before u get it up and running correctly. I had a terrible time getting 4.3 to boot, keyboard forcing close, stability etc but I figured all that out and wouldn't think of going back to stock. The amount and way if partions the internal drive alone will keep me from ever going back to stock.
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There are a few tricks to getting 4.3 installed and running but it will never happen if u just quite and go back to stock before u get it up and running correctly. I had a terrible time getting 4.3 to boot, keyboard forcing close, stability etc but I figured all that out and wouldn't think of going back to stock. The amount and way if partions the internal drive alone will keep me from ever going back to stock.
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You actually just made my whole point.
While it's cool you had time, patience, skill and effort to resolve your issues with 4.3, that's not the point of this thread. So do I. The point is, if you think you're going to slap one of these ROMs on and everything is going to work like stock, forget it. If that's what someone expects, they should stick to stock.
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I have the m919. At first I was enamored with the whole tw thing and it was fun, but I think my next phone shall be a nexus or something else with Aosp. My phone runs faster and I like the space saved by flashing the Virgin Rom. The only thing I miss is the wife calling, but good to know I can always flash back or find a dual boot if I REALLY need wife calling, but for what it is, I am lovin the Virgin Google Ed. Rom. Thoughts or ideas are welcome. If you share or disagree, I would like to know what others feel. Please and thank u.
This should be in q&a.
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You are in the wrong section hun, will have a moderator move this over or something.
Goodguyaries said:
I have the m919. At first I was enamored with the whole tw thing and it was fun, but I think my next phone shall be a nexus or something else with Aosp. My phone runs faster and I like the space saved by flashing the Virgin Rom. The only thing I miss is the wife calling, but good to know I can always flash back or find a dual boot if I REALLY need wife calling, but for what it is, I am lovin the Virgin Google Ed. Rom. Thoughts or ideas are welcome. If you share or disagree, I would like to know what others feel. Please and thank u.
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some time the wife calls too much.
☞ Sent from here☜???
I don't use wifi calling, so I don't know much about it. Is it a T-Mobile or Touchwiz feature? If its a Touchwiz feature, is it available on all versions (ATT, Verizon, etc) of the S4?
I like Touchwiz, but i dont care for the launcher. You can run a Touchwiz ROM with Nova launcher, which is very AOSP-like. That's what my AOSP loving friend did on this S4, before he rooted it. I run Wicked ROM (Touchwiz based) with the Sony Xperia launcher. Prior to this I ran Paranoid Android (AOSP) and it was too plain for me.
If storage is an issue, how about getting a microsd card? I dont store any music or videos on my phone, so storage isn't a problem. I guess this thread goes to show how everyone uses their phone differently, and finding the right ROM to fit your needs is tricky.
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I don't use wifi calling, so I don't know much about it. Is it a T-Mobile or Touchwiz feature? If its a Touchwiz feature, is it available on all versions (ATT, Verizon, etc) of the S4?
I like Touchwiz, but i dont care for the launcher. You can run a Touchwiz ROM with Nova launcher, which is very AOSP-like. That's what my AOSP loving friend did on this S4, before he rooted it. I run Wicked ROM (Touchwiz based) with the Sony Xperia launcher. Prior to this I ran Paranoid Android (AOSP) and it was too plain for me.
If storage is an issue, how about getting a microsd card? I dont store any music or videos on my phone, so storage isn't a problem. I guess this thread goes to show how everyone uses their phone differently, and finding the right ROM to fit your needs is tricky.
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It's a T-Mobile feature.
I used to have only Nexus phones and run AOSP Roms. I've now come accustomed to the touchwiz ROM, especially after the way they've been customized by the devs here. Unfortunately my service is awful where I live, so WiFi calling is a must for me. I think touchwiz is just better suited to the GS4 with all its proprietary features.
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Goodguyaries said:
I have the m919. At first I was enamored with the whole tw thing and it was fun, but I think my next phone shall be a nexus or something else with Aosp. My phone runs faster and I like the space saved by flashing the Virgin Rom. The only thing I miss is the wife calling, but good to know I can always flash back or find a dual boot if I REALLY need wife calling, but for what it is, I am lovin the Virgin Google Ed. Rom. Thoughts or ideas are welcome. If you share or disagree, I would like to know what others feel. Please and thank u.
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Your need to get better / more fun friends if you miss the wife calling!!!
And obviously you cant have a Virgin and a wife. Kind of tough to be happy with either.
dannyben said:
Your need to get better / more fun friends if you miss the wife calling!!!
And obviously you cant have a Virgin and a wife. Kind of tough to be happy with either.
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Auto correct is a s. O. B I think.. At any rate I find touch wiz to be gimmicky at best, and if need be I can go back to it but I do find aosp to be more responsive. I do keep music but the thing is you can only move certain files to the SD card. Unless you get a custom rom that allows it. Or am I wrong?
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Goodguyaries said:
Auto correct is a s. O. B I think.. At any rate I find touch wiz to be gimmicky at best, and if need be I can go back to it but I do find aosp to be more responsive. I do keep music but the thing is you can only move certain files to the SD card. Unless you get a custom rom that allows it. Or am I wrong?
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LOL.
Yes that is correct. T-mo hasnt updated their software to allow this yet. Any of the i9505 TW Roms will have to App2SD as well as many other huge improvements (but you'll lose "wifi" calling). Or in just 2-1/2 weeks T-mo will provide an update to TW4.3
Both TW and AOSP have their own pros and cons. I find AOSPish ROMs to be snappier than TW could ever think of being, but I always find myself reverting back to one version of TW or another. Without naming ROMs specifically, I'll say that given the selection of all the ROMs I've tried (which is most every one in the i9505, AT&T, and this forum) I can feasibly say that I run both TW and AOSP fairly equally with no real bias towards either. Some custom TW I don't care for, some AOSP I don't enjoy at all, and some on both sides I consider my fall-backs that I always keep an updated backup of. They each have their own appeal and it just depends on what I feel like running that particular week/day/hour. I just wish I could figure out why I can't seem to run any version of 4.3 without it randomly freezing up during the night :\
That's cool, I keep an infamous v8 backup on my s4, but actively run virgin aosp. Like I am supposed to go to a friends house, maybe I will run the infamous because of wifi calling. But the tw seems to kill my battery faster, so for the mundane aosp seems like a daily rom to run. Imho
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1st post,
I flashed my rooted rogers version with the At&t ics update and my phone accepted it no problems. No Twrp or efs back up needed for me.
The Twrp file provided in the how to section does not work anymore when placed in odin's pda. Didn't for me at least, but I am a noob. Just satisfied I did not brick it. I was able to back EFS with the instructions given.
So far so good, if GPS navigation screen is closed or is backed out to another screen, upon return map is blacked out. All good other than that.
For the price of the phone its features are great. I had no idea this was a 4G phone so yea sweet. Peace
Yeah, its a diamond in the rough!
I agree, this is a great phone. I really like the slide out keyboard, and that is hard to come by these days!
Yea its the most complete qwerty to date as far as features and price, but a new blackberry is on the way. I just don't do contracts personally.
The GPS is quite underwhelming though. Have to clear cache and close app several times for propper usage.
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GPS problems...
karaevelli said:
The GPS is quite underwhelming though. Have to clear cache and close app several times for propper usage.
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Karaevelli,
Perhaps you should try bubor's roms. I used Omni-rom 4.4.4 for quite some time and the GPS was rock solid, I live in the boonies and used it regularly.
Just a note, if you do put Omni 4.4.4, I suggest you download the app "Open Camera" from the playstore. The built in camera app would occasionally crash on me, but open camera worked like a champ!
Currently I switched to Bio360Rom, but for other purposes, mostly Linux related.
Thanks for the suggestion. I have read good things about Bubor. I will definitely give it a shot as I am moving soon and GPS will be even more vital.
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