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Anyone willing to port over the motorola Blue Blur theme over to our epics? Its the new theme now included in the Droid X, Droid 2, GingerBread release.
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I would like to see this also.
This would be cool
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Op you should at least put a link or post some pictures
Devs have a LOT of work
Its our job to minimize it as much as we can
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Here are some pics:
http://gigjets.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Droid-X-Gingerbread-UI.jpg
http://r.phonedog.com/shared/images/2011/2/145759-dxgingerblur.jpg
http://droid-x.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Droid-X-Gingerbread-screenshots.jpg
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Looks pretty nice. I've never seen Motorola's ui before
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Looks like Gingerbread with a craptastic dialer...
[Q] Borrowing from Motoblur possible?
Hello.
I'm considering getting the Epic 4g, but was wondering if it's at all possible to 'borrow' from Motoblur, specific elements at least. I've grown accustomed to using the Motoblur UI (and has become my personal favorite), and making the move to Sprint, would cause a loss from me as Sprint does not offer Motorola Android phones.
The 'elements' I had in mind were:
- UI (Theme, Easy enough to simulate, possibly easy enough to rip)
- SMS/Contacts/Dialer, the whole integration between these apps, possibly. (If not, I would be happy if the SMS app worked on its own.)
- Connected Media Player
- The gallery app that was present in Cupcake - MotoBlur
- the built-in File explorer
I assume the Epic uses the same TouchWiz present on other Samsung phones, and all of the other apps, I can work with.
(I was personally never a big fan of Samsung phones, after owning 4 others, and having quite a number of issues with each. Sprint's Android selection is a little limited however. At least Samsung is higher in my book than HTC or LG. I'm not moving to Sprint for phone selection though, it's the cost benefit.)
EDIT: Move this if you can. The way my mind worked was that I saw the option to make this thread a question *After* the fact, and after I posted, I THEN saw the Sticky about the Q'nA Section. My bad.
...and now I have to wait 5 minutes to repost, so someone might see this before I can catch my mistake.
k0nane said:
Looks like Gingerbread with a craptastic dialer...
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Plus all the joys of MotoBLUR
Texted while driving
063_XOBX said:
Plus all the joys of MotoBLUR
Texted while driving
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+1 sarcasm
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That was an old picture leaked. Blue Blur looks like this.
http://mobilegeeky.com/motorola-droid-x-and-droid-2-get-android-gingerbread-2-3/
Fidelio_o said:
That was an old picture leaked. Blue Blur looks like this.
http://mobilegeeky.com/motorola-droid-x-and-droid-2-get-android-gingerbread-2-3/
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Blue Blur? Sounds like a B-rated superhero.
*da tum ta*
toastyc12 said:
Hello.
I'm considering getting the Epic 4g, but was wondering if it's at all possible to 'borrow' from Motoblur, specific elements at least. I've grown accustomed to using the Motoblur UI (and has become my personal favorite), and making the move to Sprint, would cause a loss from me as Sprint does not offer Motorola Android phones.
The 'elements' I had in mind were:
- UI (Theme, Easy enough to simulate, possibly easy enough to rip)
- SMS/Contacts/Dialer, the whole integration between these apps, possibly. (If not, I would be happy if the SMS app worked on its own.)
- Connected Media Player
- The gallery app that was present in Cupcake - MotoBlur
- the built-in File explorer
I assume the Epic uses the same TouchWiz present on other Samsung phones, and all of the other apps, I can work with.
(I was personally never a big fan of Samsung phones, after owning 4 others, and having quite a number of issues with each. Sprint's Android selection is a little limited however. At least Samsung is higher in my book than HTC or LG. I'm not moving to Sprint for phone selection though, it's the cost benefit.)
EDIT: Move this if you can. The way my mind worked was that I saw the option to make this thread a question *After* the fact, and after I posted, I THEN saw the Sticky about the Q'nA Section. My bad.
...and now I have to wait 5 minutes to repost, so someone might see this before I can catch my mistake.
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UI - You can have the blur homescreen by downloading Helauncher from the market, and switching to it in the setings.
Sms - Maybe Handcent sms, go sms, or chomp sms
I can't help with the other stuff.
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I've really been hunting for a ROM that uses the stock EVO keyboard (with the arrows) and has the ability to filter the groups in the contacts.
Why is EVO 4g the only phone that missed this feature? Even all the other HTC phones have the ability to filter the groups! I also need 4G to work as well as the Wifi tether.
I thought I found my golden grail when I stumbled across the The Express 2.0 2.2.1 ROM. I've been using it for a few days. It has the features I was looking for but I didn't care for the text message screen or the keyboard color. Oh well I could get used to it but then I started missing texts. That's a huge problem! I'm in the process of flashing back to my stock Rom now.
So does anyone know of a good Rom that is fast, looks mostly stock, has the stock keyboard with arrows and has the ability to filter groups?
Oh yea, must be able to use Wifi tether in both 3g and 4G and Rom must work.
It's just too bad I was missing texts in the express Rom it seemed to have everything I needed.
custm2007 said:
I've really been hunting for a ROM that uses the stock EVO keyboard (with the arrows) and has the ability to filter the groups in the contacts.
Why is EVO 4g the only phone that missed this feature? Even all the other HTC phones have the ability to filter the groups! I also need 4G to work as well as the Wifi tether.
I thought I found my golden grail when I stumbled across the The Express 2.0 2.2.1 ROM. I've been using it for a few days. It has the features I was looking for but I didn't care for the text message screen or the keyboard color. Oh well I could get used to it but then I started missing texts. That's a huge problem! I'm in the process of flashing back to my stock Rom now.
So does anyone know of a good Rom that is fast, looks mostly stock, has the stock keyboard with arrows and has the ability to filter groups?
Oh yea, must be able to use Wifi tether in both 3g and 4G and Rom must work.
It's just too bad I was missing texts in the express Rom it seemed to have everything I needed.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561680
Try out my Rom let me know what you think. Stock keyboard check. WiFi tether check. I dunno about 4g tether try it out and lemme know if it works
It's probably a patent issue, but is there a way to hear the standard touch tones when dialing? I'd like to at least have a beep instead of that bubble noise when I dial a number.
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Use a third party dialer such as exDialer from the PlayStore.
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This Is Great - Thanks for the suggestion!
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Use a third party dialer such as exDialer from the PlayStore.
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:good:
I downloaded it and it is what should have been stock. The ability to hear the standard tones is only the beginning. I have missed the ability to simply start out in the dialer and not whatever was used last. The calls I make are on the speed dial. I'll try it out. But I think I'm going to keep it.
So, why is the flagship phone of Samsung using a drip sound for the keys? It seems that it is a standard of the industry. The patent for the tones must have run out 40 years ago.
Anyone got an answer?
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I downloaded it and it is what should have been stock. The ability to hear the standard tones is only the beginning. I have missed the ability to simply start out in the dialer and not whatever was used last. The calls I make are on the speed dial. I'll try it out. But I think I'm going to keep it.
So, why is the flagship phone of Samsung using a drip sound for the keys? It seems that it is a standard of the industry. The patent for the tones must have run out 40 years ago.
Anyone got an answer?
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I don't think it's patent related. Only reason I can think of is because Samsung designed the S3 with a nature theme in mind, the water drip sounds are all over the place: the lockscreen, touch sounds, dialer.
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Hey guys I just want to have people's opinions about the above apps. I have S3 and have been using my stock messaging app with SMSpop up to handle the notifications when I receive texts. Lately I've been reading about these two messaging apps and I have been interested in trying them especially because I want emoji support (I hate my iPhone friends lool). Anyways tell me what messaging app you use and why you love it.
I know what someone will say maybe you should try them out and do research. I have seen review videos for both apps, but I don't really have the time to try them out one by one. I'd rather read reviews than try them.
If I do install a 3rd party messaging app I can keep SMSpop up? Or do the 3rd party apps take care of those functions as well? Such as personalized LED lights per contact and custom text tone for each contact?
thanks for your time and recommendations.
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I also get paranoid installing and deleting things in my phone because if it slows down I feel like the program installed a file that didn't delete when I uninstalled. I know I'm paranoid but I know both apps use ads to support their free version.
I have used handcent on all my android phones. I've tried go sms and chomp sms but I always end up back woth handcent. I don't remember if the other two had pop up text, but handcent does. I'd suggest just try each one for a few days and see which one you like best.
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Honestly... You do have time. Ha. Both handcent and chomp will receive your messages. And it only takes a couple seconds to install... If you install it receive messages and end up not liking it un install and try the other, they're not going anywhere and having it won't halt your daily life. So you absolutely have time to try each out if you desire. And if you watched a lot of video reviews some of these questions should have been answered... Personally I used to always use handcent mostly because of the feature to use a password to access texts. But I also like it as a texting app
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iSchadenfreude said:
Hey guys I just want to have people's opinions about the above apps. I have S3 and have been using my stock messaging app with SMSpop up to handle the notifications when I receive texts. Lately I've been reading about these two messaging apps and I have been interested in trying them especially because I want emoji support (I hate my iPhone friends lool). Anyways tell me what messaging app you use and why you love it.
I know what someone will say maybe you should try them out and do research. I have seen review videos for both apps, but I don't really have the time to try them out one by one. I'd rather read reviews than try them.
If I do install a 3rd party messaging app I can keep SMSpop up? Or do the 3rd party apps take care of those functions as well? Such as personalized LED lights per contact and custom text tone for each contact?
thanks for your time and recommendations.
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I also get paranoid installing and deleting things in my phone because if it slows down I feel like the program installed a file that didn't delete when I uninstalled. I know I'm paranoid but I know both apps use ads to support their free version.
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Used Handcent for a long time, but then my wife got an HTC 8x (Windows mobile) and my daughter an iPhone 5 w iOS6, and neither of them could see my emojis; I tried all three " how to encode emojis" settings in Handcent, none made a difference. Even though including emojis isn't exactly a deal breaker , I like fiddling with apps so I tried Go SMS Pro - worked fine with emojis, but access to Quick Text was cumbersome (needed several taps). So now I am using chompSMS - emojis work fine, access to quick text is easy (though it's called "templates"). The only thing I don't like is that all three SMS apps have outgoing messages on the right, incoming on the left. For some reason (don't really understand it myself !!) I prefer it the other way around. You can make that switch in Handcent & Go, but not in chomp.....
I honestly don't recommend any of the above apps unless you have a slow phone. I'd use GO SMS Pro, fully featured and flies off the handle. It pops up text messages too, and has a free add on where you can use and see all iOS 6 emojis.
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Are you rooted? If you are just use this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922104
I don't know what happens when you flash straight up but I manually unzipped on phone and placed files in correct location while backing up originals. This will give emoji in stock app so you can your current setup and still have emoji!
I have used handcent for a long time on many different devices. I have tried other apps, GoSMS and Chomp, and have always returned to handcent. I like the privacy inbox and the fact that it does not run as a service like GoSMS. I do like GoSMS, but find it ridiculous that you can not disable it as a service.
Also, handcent has a setting to change its priority allowing security and location apps like Cerberus and Androidlost to work properly.
Thanks guys
I've used all of them for a while now. I decided to stick with Chomp sms its basic but works really well hasn't crashed and my battery has seen no change. Even MMS I feared would appear when I used this app did not surface so overall it was a nice experience and I am sticking to it. I wish I had more friends so I could test out the group message but if its something I don't use a lot I am not gonna worry if it works 100% correctly.
IMO GO SMS is the best for functionality and themes. Only thing I don't like about it is that every time I send MMS is resizes the crap out of it whereas stock handles it pretty good but then again it could be my fault for not changing or changing something in the settings.
i use handcent as well. love the popup even on the lock screen. you can read and reply without unlocking your phone, good assortment of themes and lots of settings
chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
x1tyme said:
chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
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I heard rumors about that as well. I also heard GoSms isn't optimized for OS higher than Android Ginger Bread...
x1tyme said:
chompsms. The rest either don't work or full boatware (cough cough go sms)
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+1. Never had any issues with Chomp. And the main person I text (my wife) has an iPhone 4s that I jailbroke and is running Chomp's iOS version which is a jailbroken app called BiteSMS. Emojis/MMS work perfect between the two of us.
I'll just leave this here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.contapps.android.messaging
I've read mixed reviews of messages +. What do you find so good about it? I use the stock tw messaging app right now.
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circuit.007 said:
I've read mixed reviews of messages +. What do you find so good about it? I use the stock tw messaging app right now.
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I've used stock mms since I got my phone, and believe me I tried gosms as well as handcent but I still kept going back to stock. gosms was too bloaty like a previous poster mentioned while handcent has that ugly gingerbread feel to it. stock looks and feels slick and has just the right amount of customization and not overloaded with features like gosms.
Then i tried messages+ (in addition to contacts/dialer/call log+) and oh man. It has the same slickness as stock and I just really love the UI. its not laggy at all, it feels as though this should have been the stock mms app. Oh and it has the AOSP popup feature.
everyone is entitled to their opinion and this is mine. if your a day over 15 and you use a stupid sms replacement then you need to look deep into your soul because this is srs bizns.
the simplicity and beauty of aosp's app is what set's it apart. if google could do anything to improve it i would be impressed because imo its perfect
the other ones are garbage. not even a fair comparison because the other one's are for children.
GO SMS ftw. And yes it does have pop up text and its very customizable.
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I personally use GoSMS. It has a few features that other's do NOT... Like the ability to have seperate & customizable MMS receive settings (mmsc, proxy, port, etc) custom user agent, and change the way it resizes MMS pictures and what the maximum size can be - all separately and independently from the stock mms app.
It does have pop up notification, custom status bar icons for individual contacts, custom individual message tones.... very nice. And its themeable which I do like...
I can't speak of handscent... but I will say this, I was an iPhone user for 4+ years before my current GS3, and on the iPhone BiteSMS is kind, which IS ChompSMS on android -- and I tried it but overall liked GoSMS better... I can't speak of the service running, etc... I will say MOST of the themes cost money, so that sucks - and I use the free ones.
I'm on T-mobile USA, and the NETWORK limits MMS to 300k - plain and simple, so regardless of anything else, your image is going to be resized by the network to 300k regardless what app you use.... (unless something has changed recently on T-mobile network). Another advantage of GoSMS is the customizable UAPROF (user agent) --- This is the string the phone sends to the network server telling HOW to deliver the MMS to your device. The wrong UAPROF results in crappy images. The RIGHT UAPROF results in very nice images. THIS IS A BIG FACTOR IN QUALITY OF MMS - ESPECIALLY IF YOUR USING UNLOCKED PHONES OR NON-BRANDED PHONES ON CERTAIN NETWORKS.... That *ALONE* makes GoSMS worth it (depending on your phone & network combination)
ChompSMS was fine, I just liked GoSMS better for whatever the reason? they're pretty much the same (minus the customizable settings in GoSMS). Now that I'm using a T-mobile branded phone on the T-mobile network, none of the custom settings matter anymore, and if I use the stock mms/messaging app on my current custom rom (darthstalker) I am able to send MMS over wifi just like sending over data. Also receive over wifi....
* RANT *
Why I hate the default messaging/mms app.................. When I get a picture, it plays as a slideshow in a tiny preview unless I save it and view in gallery. UNACCEPTABLE. GoSMS doesn't do that.... I get a picture and I see it using the default viewer - in full screen. NOT AS A SLIDE SHOW. If the default app would do this, I'd probably be using it with some kind of smspopup tweak.
/rant
Believe this thread has served it's purpose.
On stock rooted GB27 and if I enable any accessibility service (Such as the one for Pebble for example, which lets it read notifications), the TTS voice starts announcing page numbers for the home screen and app drawer until I disable all services. Is this fixed on any ROMs or should I just go back to ignoring JB?
Not sure if that's a bug or just the functionality of the app. When enabled it describes all actions taken within settings and system ui.
I know an acquaintance with very limited sight with a GalS2 (att) with this feature and the phone is constantly making announcements while navigating screens or menus.
Pp.
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All I can do is say i got the same problem. (Poncho has no idea)
To everyone still asking:
If you enable the Pebble accessibility service, it partially enables "Text to Speech" accessbility on the home screen (and elsewhere?). This is totally undesired.
FYI, Pebble is a wristwatch that can bluetooth pair with your phone.
NOW, Bump, for great justice and the same problem. What JB roms will spare my Epic 4G Touch?
Sadly. It seems there is yet no fix for any of the samsung devices. However samsung is aware of it. Question now is when and whether it will ever be implemented into a rom for rooted devices...
http://developer.samsung.com/forum/...neralB&messageId=204387&startId=zzzzz~#post30
I want to try a custom launcher in hopes that it will fix this... perhaps it is only touchwiz? Does anyone have an alternative solution? (I am rooted)
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Custom launcher is the best solution if you ever use TTS. I'm happy now.
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