ii was bored with my phone, so ii decided to look for a new launcher. surprisingly, there arent any new ones worth trying. so ii said to myself, lemme check out Launcher Pro. got to the app page, and realized it hasn't been updated since May of 2011. why, you ask? Because the developer died in a car accident (or so im told). since this is the case, does anyone know how ii would go about gettin permission to edit and improve the app that changed how we see our launchers today?
Where did you hear that? I don't see anything in the launcher pro forums
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Would LOVE to see LauncherPro resurrected, but i just don't think it is going to happen. As far as the developer dying in a car crash, I didn't see anything regarding that either.
ii saw it on a few comments on the interwebb. dont know how true it is tho. ii hope thats not the situation is, but that would definitely would explain the sudden halt of production.
I dunno man, seems pretty active on his twitter account to be dead.... https://twitter.com/fedecarnales
EDIT: He also updated Uber music on july 29th, 2011. Looks like he's doing some work on Windows Phone 7 though.
Are you sure somebody didn't say "it's like" or "maybe he died"? The activity halt on it was sudden enough to definitely make people consider something of that nature for sure. For some reason I seem to remember my phone updating LP not too long ago, then again maybe I was dreaming. Who knows.
It was open source if I remember right. Not sure what license it was under though but maybe we should grab the code, update it, and rename it to 'XDA Launcher' or something like that
I really hope is claims this month of "Still working on it," are truthful. I hear LPP is completely incompatible with ICS.
While ADW and Go have some nice features, both of them result in sporadic lag on my phone.
Same here with other launchers, nothing but problems eventualy. LP is the only one that worked rock solid all the time. Hope someone updates it soon. Myabe even add some new features...
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I really hope is claims this month of "Still working on it," are truthful. I hear LPP is completely incompatible with ICS.
While ADW and Go have some nice features, both of them result in sporadic lag on my phone.
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Not true, I'm running CM 9 ice cream sandwich on my galaxy S fascinate with launcher pro plus and never had a problem.
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Not true, I'm running CM 9 ice cream sandwich on my galaxy S fascinate with launcher pro plus and never had a problem.
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+1 ive beennrunning it on ics for over 3 weeks
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Not true, I'm running CM 9 ice cream sandwich on my galaxy S fascinate with launcher pro plus and never had a problem.
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Awesome! I read a couple of places that it was broke and was sad. Now I am happy. lol
I saw on the lp forums the other day, supposedly there is an update, it just isnt released......I didnt look much further into it, but for those who care, might go look for it
The last I heard he's very much alive and well but he's running way behind on what he had hoped would be a major overhaul of the launcher. Still, it would be nice to see some minor updates to keep up with the latest apps and phones.
If there is an update, I would like to see the ability to make folders in the app drawer. It gets kinda cluttered, with a bunch of apps.
I remember reading a while back that updates stopped because it was as perfectly stable as possible and the dev had other stuff he wanted to work on. Heard about an update being made but taking longer than anticipated. This was back in November so I may be remembering wrong
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What's really fascinating is that there hasn't been an update since May, and its STILL considered one of the Big 3 of launchers.
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What's really fascinating is that there hasn't been an update since May, and its STILL considered one of the Big 3 of launchers.
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True but honestly why would you leave such a great app behind!? The dev needs to update it or let someone run it.
Here's a tweet on Jan 17th saying he is still working on it...
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Here's a tweet on Jan 17th saying he is still working on it...
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YES!!!! Thanks for that, there is still hope!!!
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went to a sprint store and the sprint representive said the EE03 for the epic 4g was a fake and was not the real gingerbread but a covered up version of 2.2 froyo is this really true????
Lol are you serious? The guys messing with you
xDDDDD. Wait you were serious? Sorry.
He's messing with you man. EE03 is a leaked version of 2.3.3, it most certainly NOT 2.2!
No. Otherwise Netflix wouldn't work on it. It is NOT an official release but a beta version. There will be later versions before it is released.
i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?
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i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?
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yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.
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sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.
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I Totally have to agree the epic 4g is clearly a better phone if you screw up with it or something i have always been able to reset it and sprint techs not even having a clue i did that.
So, I work for sprint and I can tell you that xda has more info than we do. They don't really tell us much at all, xda would have info up for weeks before they officially tell us anything. Kind of funny
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I am so stealing that.
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yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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Cell store employees are i my personnel experience are dumb ass mofos. like car salesmen.
I Verizon tech fried my phone once, I was out of state & the ****ing pricks would not upgrade my phone on the spot after that. I was so pissed a cop came & then the cop sided with me and told them ther where full of **** & left after i told him i would not kick there asss all over the store
Go back in there and tell him how stupid he is.
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Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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were. how stupid they were.
.. shakes magic 8-ball...
My sources say NO
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are. how stupid they are.
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FTFY
I don't think anything magically made them smarter overnight...
he has no clue its the same issue my verzon friends with the fascinate were having they were told the update they had was froyo (2.2) when verizon only had a cover up of eclair at the time (2.1.2)
the LEAKED gingerbread is not within their knoledge because it is leaked, thus we know more than they do... because they only know OFFICIAL RELEASES
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I am so stealing that.
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me too, love it.
...install launcher pro and not look back.
I've got it downloaded and almost ready o switch, but I wanted to at least give cheezwhiz a chance first. Not loving it, but the phone is awesome.
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I've got it downloaded and almost ready o switch, but I wanted to at least give cheezwhiz a chance first. Not loving it, but the phone is awesome.
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I have never seen it run smoother in my life. Holy crap.
To be fair Touchwiz is, well, cheezy as hell...but...I like it more than Sense, which I also hate. It's more stock-like than sense and nowhere near as fat....too ugly looking though.
I like Touchwiz (I'm also a big fan of MIUI). Even if it's a rip-off of iPhone, it's still Android we all love.
I have everything set up to my standards and am just trying out touchwiz. The folders help now. I just hope we get the ability to do a little more. I am just letting it charge now.
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I have never seen it run smoother in my life. Holy crap.
To be fair Touchwiz is, well, cheezy as hell...but...I like it more than Sense, which I also hate. It's more stock-like than sense and nowhere near as fat....too ugly looking though.
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I come from the touchpro2 and good god, holy crap this is totaly rocking. All I can do is just play with it.
Wizard220 said:
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I come from the touchpro2 and good god, holy crap this is totaly rocking. All I can do is just play with it.
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If you are coming from the TouchPro2 you deserve this phone. That thing was a piece of crap haha
Korey_Nicholson said:
If you are coming from the TouchPro2 you deserve this phone. That thing was a piece of crap haha
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Yeah it was, I sold that damn phone within the first month of owning it, ended up buying the EVO 4G, what an upgrade lol.
Look for a way to get into a developer group so we can get this thing rooted and make it usable. I'm way to use to having a rooted device.
i know touchwiz 4.0 or at least i think i do, is hardware accelerated so i think if you install a third party launcher you lose some of it.
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...install launcher pro and not look back.
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i know touchwiz 4.0 or at least i think i do, is hardware accelerated so i think if you install a third party launcher you lose some of it.
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Perhaps LP uses those same hooks (I though it was all UI elements via the existing UI API). Launcher pro is so smooth that I don't even care if it isn't accelerated (which I think it is).
Korey_Nicholson said:
If you are coming from the TouchPro2 you deserve this phone. That thing was a piece of crap haha
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what bro how could u say that touch pro 2 is an amazing phone of its time ok. but the galaxy s 2 epic touch 4g does destroy it completely i wont disagree there.
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i know touchwiz 4.0 or at least i think i do, is hardware accelerated so i think if you install a third party launcher you lose some of it.
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Nice to see you here G-man. Hope more of the Evo crowd shows up. Can't wait to see root so I join you all.
What's up man? I hope this community takes off like we think it might and don't forget to take the poll about what device your coming from haha, OG evo
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Nice to see you here G-man. Hope more of the Evo crowd shows up. Can't wait to see root so I join you all.
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Slapped my 32gb card in the empty slot.
Then gloated to the 2 fools behind me.
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Slapped my 32gb card in the empty slot.
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same thing, but then i had to drive back to work
added my google account
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Popped in my 16GB SD card, installed ADW Pro Launcher and Handcent. This phone is crazy fast.
Came from an Epic 4g, and this is my first all touch phone. I'll say with the giant screen size, my sausage fingers do quite well and rarely make a mistake. First thing I did though was pop in a 16gb card I had floating around, reinstall most of my apps, and then set it up how I wanted it. I actually don't mind Touchwiz 4.0 at all.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57488091-85/samsung-working-on-android-4.1-update-for-galaxy-s-iii/
Kinda promising.
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Hope the carriers dont add too much time to that
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I'm cautiously optimistic. When the international versions of the S3 got the update that provided the screen brightness fader on the notification bar, the Sprint version of that update appeared only 2 weeks later. Hope Sprint keeps the release schedule that tight.
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Hope the carriers dont add too much time to that
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The GSM carriers will probably get it in quarter 3 and us in CDMA land may get it in quarter 4 if we're lucky
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Hope we get factory leaks like the Epic Touch did... it was great in we always had something new to test and bad in that it was ruining my life waiting for the next leak to be released
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My guess on when we get it? 8/15. That's when Samsung has their big event scheduled for... the one where, the rumors suggest, is the Note 10.1's coming-out party.
If I was Samsung, I think I could do worse than announcing Jellybean is now available for their flagship device (nominally of course- still would be a few days for the carrier rollout to occur).
In fact, if I was Samsung, I'd have my speaker up on stage, and right at the end I'd pull an "Oh, and one last thing...", you know, just to mess with Apple
Me too!
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My guess on when we get it? 8/15. That's when Samsung has their big event scheduled for... the one where, the rumors suggest, is the Note 10.1's coming-out party.
If I was Samsung, I think I could do worse than announcing Jellybean is now available for their flagship device (nominally of course- still would be a few days for the carrier rollout to occur).
In fact, if I was Samsung, I'd have my speaker up on stage, and right at the end I'd pull an "Oh, and one last thing...", you know, just to mess with Apple
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LOL, I was thinking the same thing! I guess great minds think alike....
after the owning a samsung epic im staying away from hearsay about the updates because with samsung it could be a week or like 10 months from now.
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after the owning a samsung epic im staying away from hearsay about the updates because with samsung it could be a week or like 10 months from now.
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+1
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fzammetti said:
My guess on when we get it? 8/15. That's when Samsung has their big event scheduled for... the one where, the rumors suggest, is the Note 10.1's coming-out party.
If I was Samsung, I think I could do worse than announcing Jellybean is now available for their flagship device (nominally of course- still would be a few days for the carrier rollout to occur).
In fact, if I was Samsung, I'd have my speaker up on stage, and right at the end I'd pull an "Oh, and one last thing...", you know, just to mess with Apple
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LOL, I was thinking the same thing! I guess great minds think alike....
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@hardy: love your signature man! Definitely one of my favorite movies :good:
Hehe, ditto... Sho'nuff!
FYI, my last three phones have been Samsungs, so I recognize that when it comes to updates and Samsung, optimism == insanity Still, I'm holding out hope that it'll be a LITTLE different this time around, at least as far as Jellybean goes.
I can confirm thst Sprint/Samsung have not made a Sprint jellybean build yet
It'll be very exciting when the update happens! Hopefully it'll occur some time before or right after the new iPhone gets released, so that I can still brag to my Apple friends how cool my phone is.
I worry that Samsung will strip out Google Now, replacing it entirely with S Voice. But I hope Samsung will come to their senses, or at least allow both side by side.
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It'll be very exciting when the update happens! Hopefully it'll occur some time before or right after the new iPhone gets released, so that I can still brag to my Apple friends how cool my phone is.
I worry that Samsung will strip out Google Now, replacing it entirely with S Voice. But I hope Samsung will come to their senses, or at least allow both side by side.
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Yeah Samsung should have both S-Voice and Google Now. That would be really cool.
I think that Sprint will delay this update. Look at the Samsung Nexus S 4G. Google released Jellybean for the global Nexus S and every other version of the Nexus S. Sprint has delayed the Jellybean update for the Nexus S 4G.
I came from the Evo3d with all the ics hype and they are just now getting that ****. After that mess I don't believe the talk anymore, but hopefully we do get this soon.
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I guess in Germany we´ll have to wait longer than that
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I can confirm thst Sprint/Samsung have not made a Sprint jellybean build yet
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As far as I can tell Sprint isn't doing ANY new development on S3 roms. The most recent RDF file I can find is for LG8
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As far as I can tell Sprint isn't doing ANY new development on S3 roms. The most recent RDF file I can find is for LG8
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Samsung went about 2 months without rdfs before we saw the first ics one on the s2. Also, they could be building it now, it just shows up on Sprints site when it's being tested.
Hopefully they're building it now and will have it being tested soon.
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after the owning a samsung epic im staying away from hearsay about the updates because with samsung it could be a week or like 10 months from now.
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Co-sign. I was burned a bit much with my OG Epic.
I think this is worth the wait
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To reduce all future thread clutter, this thread shall hold all news, information, and rumors pertaining to the Galaxy S3 Jellybean update.
Post any news/rumors/info about the update here. The OP will be updated accordingly.
-JB Leak Install Guide-
Confirmed
-We will get the update
-There's a leaked build on video [Source]
-There is a downloadable leak [Source]
-Google Now implemented with long-press home button [Source]
-Revamped Notification Center [Source]
Maybe
-Update on August 29 [Source]
Unlikely
-Nothing yet
False Information
-Nothing yet
More like a few months based on prior experience...hopefully not though
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Thanks for the info
yousefak said:
Sounds like it's for the international version, but I'd give Sprint a month to release it after the international is released.
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More like a few months based on prior experience...hopefully not though
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True dat, but by now we should all be used to pretty much every manufacturer/carrier lying about update dates.
HTC does it the worst - I remember when ICS came out on the Evo 3D - First HTC said it would be Q1, then they said "early 2012", and then "sometime spring", and it finally came out in July...
Don't forget out carriers taking their sweet sweet time bloating it up...memories of the epic and froyo/gingerbread are rushing back to me
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True dat, but by now we should all be used to pretty much every manufacturer/carrier lying about update dates.
HTC does it the worst - I remember when ICS came out on the Evo 3D - First HTC said it would be Q1, then they said "early 2012", and then "sometime spring", and it finally came out in July...
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The delayed ICS update for the EVO 3D was the worst. Good thing the devs had some great ICS ROMs working way before the official one was finally released.
yousefak said:
True dat, but by now we should all be used to pretty much every manufacturer/carrier lying about update dates.
HTC does it the worst - I remember when ICS came out on the Evo 3D - First HTC said it would be Q1, then they said "early 2012", and then "sometime spring", and it finally came out in July...
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HTC should no longer be talked about in the same matter as Samsung. The 3D was a flop and more of a headache for sprint and HTC to give it the ICS upgrade, but out of necessity (thanks Virgin Mobile) the upgrade finally made rounds.
Now back to Samsung and its most successful phone, one should expect Jelly bean to make rounds much more quicker then what would history would tell us.
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Don't forget out carriers taking their sweet sweet time bloating it up...memories of the epic and froyo/gingerbread are rushing back to me
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I think Samsung is controlling the carriers' options for bloatware this time around, and you'll likely see less bloatware with these updates. Most reviews of the Galaxy S3 comment on how there isn't as much overbearing carrier influence on the phone to begin with, especially when compared to the original Galaxy S and Galaxy S II phones.
I learned not to be hopeful about updates with my old OG epic, I expect Official jellybean around now of '13.
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I learned not to be hopeful about updates with my old OG epic, I expect Official jellybean around now of '13.
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I was like that, but then I had the GS2 for a while and noticed updates came faster as the hardware becomes more universal. With the SGS3 being so similar across carriers, I feel like the time periods may become closer like how the Nexus is. Their is some lag for CMDA, but with so little variance they aren't accounting for one with a keyboard and other strange variations. I think the main delay with the SGS2 was the recovery being attached to the kernel and the emmc bugs.
The devs here should have some great TW ROMs based on the international update so I'm not too worried about it.
Thanks for the info
Im not trying to get to excited about this since it never happens like we want it to but I am crossing my fingers.
Hopefully sooner than later
In BUCK We Trust. GO O's!
Hopefully steps it up due to the success of the S3 and doesn't drag their feet on Sw updates as they are known to.
To reduce the clutter of JB threads, here is an article showing a video of JB touchwiz
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Good thing I know Spanish Even if you don't the video is pretty self explanatory since it's android
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To reduce the clutter of JB threads, here is an article showing a video of JB touchwiz
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...bar/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Good thing I know Spanish Even if you don't the video is pretty self explanatory since it's android
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Clutter reducement? That's my middle name. Actually it isn't.
But still, check this thread again in 30 minutes.
I'm wonder if the new updates screw something in the rooting routine and we get screwed.
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I think, make this thread "sticky" would be a good idea.
dito33 said:
I'm wonder if the new updates screw something in the rooting routine and we get screwed.
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well once the ota arrives and you accept it successfully you will lose root
Being a KS backer for the Chameleon, they released the Chameleon Launcher 2, which can also be used on phones. I have been playing with it for a day and so far so good. I actually like it better for the phone than my N7. I'm all for custom stuff, but this launcher is pretty clean and IMO works pretty well for a simple layout design.
http://www.chameleonlauncher.com/thelab/chameleon-launcher-2/
Here's a screenie.
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I want to give it a try but Im not a backer, so we'll have to wait at least a couple of weeks so they can release to everyone else. Sad.
I took a look on the tablet launcher and found it interesting, don't know about phone version yet.
It would be great if you release a trial or demo version, it is going to be a paid app.
Horrible Launcher.
Deeply flawed, lots of bugs, very slow
vicino said:
Horrible Launcher.
Deeply flawed, lots of bugs, very slow
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Really? I don't find the slowness. That would be my first gripe, but I can really say it aint slow! lol Compared to other launchers, its on par IMO.
Can you elaborate on deeply flawed as well? Bugs, yes, it's a bit buggy, but it's still beta-ish.
Is it great? I say no because it doesn't give you the ultimate flexibility like Nova Prime or Apex and Go Launcher does, but that's the great thing about this environment. It's all about choice.
You ask me right now do I use it as a daily driver? No I use Nova with a bunch of UCCW widgets running on the launcher. It's fully custom to my taste and I find it hard pressed to go away with it because of the amount of time it took me to have it look and work a certain way.
Bottom line, this is a good starter launcher and I have to really say it isn't slow for me. Can you describe the slowness?
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Horrible Launcher.
Deeply flawed, lots of bugs, very slow
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You're probably talking about chameleon launcher 1, becouse the second revision is great ( even though I haven't tried personally ).
Looks great. Thanks for the share. Shame it's restricted to Kick starter backers only. I would have paid for this.
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Really wish I could try it out. Just so I could love it or hate it.
vicino said:
Horrible Launcher.
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Can you specify which bugs you're referring to or what exactly makes it "deeply flawed?"
If it doesn't provide features that you would prefer, that's one thing, but to call it buggy and flawed feels disingenuous at best.
TooSlo said:
Can you specify which bugs you're referring to or what exactly makes it "deeply flawed?"
If it doesn't provide features that you would prefer, that's one thing, but to call it buggy and flawed feels disingenuous at best.
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lol !! "doesn't provide features that you would prefer" .. Really ??
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chameleonlauncher
I Guess 2.8 rating are all wrong .. last update was November 2012 without any update to fix those bugs but yeah what do i know.
Go and test it buddy
vicino said:
lol !! "doesn't provide features that you would prefer" .. Really ??
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chameleonlauncher
I Guess 2.8 rating are all wrong .. last update was November 2012 without any update to fix those bugs but yeah what do i know.
Go and test it buddy
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You may want to actually link the most recent version that it seems you didn't test, "buddy."
I'm still waiting for an actual answer as to exactly how it's "deeply flawed" and a list of "bugs."
Your rhetoric is as bad as a politician.
vicino said:
lol !! "doesn't provide features that you would prefer" .. Really ??
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chameleonlauncher
I Guess 2.8 rating are all wrong .. last update was November 2012 without any update to fix those bugs but yeah what do i know.
Go and test it buddy
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Everybody else is talking about the new chameleon launcher 2. As already pointed out, you're talking about chameleon launcher 1...buddy.
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looks clean and all but ive already paid for nova prime when it was a quarter.
In vicino we trust!
I backed Chameleon on KS when I had an Asus Infinity tablet. It looked kind of cool and I really wanted to try it. It was far buggier then than this new version that works on my Nexus 4. I didn't end up using it much on my tablet, but I have been using it for a couple of days on my phone. It's not perfect, but it does work pretty well. The thing I like most about it? It's DIFFERENT!
vicino said:
lol !! "doesn't provide features that you would prefer" .. Really ??
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chameleonlauncher
I Guess 2.8 rating are all wrong .. last update was November 2012 without any update to fix those bugs but yeah what do i know.
Go and test it buddy
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I think he's talking about the first version, which I agree with him whole heartedly that it just sucks lol. But like the other member said, CL2 works a bit better on the phone. I can attest. Is it buggy, yes, but it's waaay better than the tablet version V was talking about and linked to.
tyraelasd said:
You're probably talking about chameleon launcher 1, becouse the second revision is great ( even though I haven't tried personally ).
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This is pretty funny
jarayn said:
This is pretty funny
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+1
I bought the first one wich was a piece of crap, and now i am going to buy a second. I dont think so :cyclops:
Wizard Knight said:
Everybody else is talking about the new chameleon launcher 2. As already pointed out, you're talking about chameleon launcher 1...buddy.
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But it is relevant to the newer version are they gonna release a buggy launcher, fix a few of the many bugs then nothing for 6 months? I am certainly not going to pay for an app whose developer has that history.