ICS update a huge mistake? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

So I finally went ahead and updated my s2 with the ICS update and I'm sort of 'bleh' about it. After I first updated I was having a huge wifi issue with the wifi disconnecting after a minute or so then connecting then disconnecting etc etc. Once I got that fixed I've figured out that I'm just not that excited with the stock ICS, anybody else have mixed feelings? Or did everybody root/flash it immediately? Lol
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Have you tried factory resetting after the update? Because it does clear a lot of the issues..

noodles2224 said:
Have you tried factory resetting after the update? Because it does clear a lot of the issues..
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I did the reset and I have cleared up most of the issues, it's just the overall feel of ICS which is 'bleh' to me I guess. Maybe once I root it and put a nom nom twang on it I'll change my mind. I was just curious if people who went from a rooted/flashed s2 to the stock ICS were a little disappointed like I was.
From my s2 (stock ICS)

I definitely wasn't disappointed in what ICS offers.
For a truer Android ICS experience (imo) you need to take a shot at AOKP! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654564

Eh I'm not too impressed with it either. Don't see much of a difference from gb except for the animations, the long press home for recent apps(which i never use). I didn't really want to update but since no one is working on gb roms or themes i decided to update
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For you guys feeling underwhelmed-- are you using the stock Samsung launcher? Because that will leave you feeling like ICS was a minor upgrade. Try Apex launcher, free in Google Play. It's going to give you an ICS experience. Good luck!

The ICS update is completely and totally worthless as long as it still has TouchWiz on it. AOSP/AOKP is the way to go if you want the real ICS experience.

jtink said:
The ICS update is completely and totally worthless as long as it still has TouchWiz on it. AOSP/AOKP is the way to go if you want the real ICS experience.
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(In your humble opinion )

MikeyNumnums said:
So I finally went ahead and updated my s2 with the ICS update and I'm sort of 'bleh' about it. After I first updated I was having a huge wifi issue with the wifi disconnecting after a minute or so then connecting then disconnecting etc etc. Once I got that fixed I've figured out that I'm just not that excited with the stock ICS, anybody else have mixed feelings? Or did everybody root/flash it immediately? Lol
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u a troll? i flash the stock rooted ICS from Mr. X and i been trying to making it lag and so far its running like a champ! nothing wrong with it, everything work as it should, i felt bad for those user with galaxy nexus, now they got nothing on us except for screen size.
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jtink said:
The ICS update is completely and totally worthless as long as it still has TouchWiz on it. AOSP/AOKP is the way to go if you want the real ICS experience.
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then get apex launcher and delete the touchwiz launcher? is it really that complicated?

G1_enthusiast said:
u a troll? i flash the stock rooted ICS from Mr. X and i been trying to making it lag and so far its running like a champ! nothing wrong with it, everything work as it should, i felt bad for those user with galaxy nexus, now they got nothing on us except for screen size.
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then get apex launcher and delete the touchwiz launcher? is it really that complicated?
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Maybe they were talking of the TouchWiz infrastructure, not only the launcher. I have to disagree though, to each there own taste. For now Touchwiz ROMS got AOSP beat in reliability and everything generally works (aka, Darkside vs AOKP or CM9) Reason being, Touchwiz was made and developed for the SG2, buy highly paid programmers and organizations. AOSP is more grass roots, its a labor if luv, for the most part. Ill take more time, but at the end, AOSP will be the one to have!!

jtink said:
The ICS update is completely and totally worthless as long as it still has TouchWiz on it. AOSP/AOKP is the way to go if you want the real ICS experience.
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Actually i like touchwiz, except the launcher. Im on aokp right now and its definitely an awesome rom, however im finding myself missing the tw music player, and the swipe to call or text,
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Related

Best ICS Rom

PreludeDrew, Kush Deck or JaredTheGreat? Wondering what people are running out of the three ICS roms.
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I installed Team Blaze's (Jared) newest ICS last night and was running Drew's prior to. I would say at this point they are almost the same... each one is making improvements... As for my experience... Jared's is solid and I haven't ran into anything broken. There are some things a little buggy (like TTS errors when opening Navigation, but TTS working just fine) but I haven't found anything broken. They are all working on making the camera better and it works on Jareds. These aren't final releases so I am good with what I have! Can't wait until these things get smoothed out as ICS is tight.
Jared The Great all the way baby.
ICS Question
I have been following these ROMS.
At least on the home screen they appear to be still pretty buggy.
I don't know if the MMS is working, the camera, all that stuff.
Just curious if someone can tell me what I need to expect after installing.
I am currently using Synergy non-god mode and hate it. It is SO LAGGY. It takes a good 15 seconds to get the icons to populate my home screen. I need a new rom and was wondering if these were worth switching too.
Thanks all.
Mike
mikeinstlouis said:
I have been following these ROMS.
At least on the home screen they appear to be still pretty buggy.
I don't know if the MMS is working, the camera, all that stuff.
Just curious if someone can tell me what I need to expect after installing.
I am currently using Synergy non-god mode and hate it. It is SO LAGGY. It takes a good 15 seconds to get the icons to populate my home screen. I need a new rom and was wondering if these were worth switching too.
Thanks all.
Mike
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Jared's ICS rom has camera [no video or panoramic], mms works, ect. Go for it.
Can't take video? Hmmm...May have to wait a bit longer. Thanks!!
mikeinstlouis said:
Can't take video? Hmmm...May have to wait a bit longer. Thanks!!
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Yea, no current ICS rom has working video yet.
mikeinstlouis said:
I have been following these ROMS.
At least on the home screen they appear to be still pretty buggy.
I don't know if the MMS is working, the camera, all that stuff.
Just curious if someone can tell me what I need to expect after installing.
I am currently using Synergy non-god mode and hate it. It is SO LAGGY. It takes a good 15 seconds to get the icons to populate my home screen. I need a new rom and was wondering if these were worth switching too.
Thanks all.
Mike
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Switch to MIUI. It is the fastest, most customizeable rom out there.
You may not like the no app drawer thing. But i just made a folder and put all the apps not on my screen in there. Now thats my app drawer!
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r.storm85 said:
Switch to MIUI. It is the fastest, most customizeable rom out there.
You may not like the no app drawer thing. But i just made a folder and put all the apps not on my screen in there. Now thats my app drawer!
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He was asking about ICS not MIUI if I'm reading the first post correctly. MIUI fanboys are as bad as apple fanboys...
I'm running Deck's alpha 5 and it's really solid. Trebuchet is buggy but that's a known issue and the solution is to run Nova instead. It's definitely worth flashing an ICS ROM to get a feel for how they are.
james
I have run both Jared's and Drew's. Both solid build... both buggy as hell. They are still working on them. To be honest... the best one right now will probably be the one with the latest release.
Decks Alpha 5 for me with CoD tweaks. I haven't tried any of the other ones but this one is rock solid for me. There are quirks but any rom has those. Honestly I have better battery life on this then I ever have had before.
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He was asking about ICS not MIUI if I'm reading the first post correctly. MIUI fanboys are as bad as apple fanboys...
I'm running Deck's alpha 5 and it's really solid. Trebuchet is buggy but that's a known issue and the solution is to run Nova instead. It's definitely worth flashing an ICS ROM to get a feel for how they are.
james
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Uh yeah i know wut he was asking..i can read too. But ics isnt that great. Its gb with a theme and add that quick app thingy.
MIUI is actually different in looks as well as useability. And Im not a fanboy. It just is the best all around rom. Alot of people dont like the iphone like no app drawer as do i. But once u have one in miui it is by far the best rom available. For sure it is the least laggiest evo rom. And by the way these are facts. And if u disagree u must be a ics fanboy or just a straight up MIUI hater. Bu bye!
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r.storm85 said:
Uh yeah i know wut he was asking..i can read too. But ics isnt that great. Its gb with a theme and add that quick app thingy.
MIUI is actually different in looks as well as useability. And Im not a fanboy. It just is the best all around rom. Alot of people dont like the iphone like no app drawer as do i. But once u have one in miui it is by far the best rom available. For sure it is the least laggiest evo rom. And by the way these are facts. And if u disagree u must be a ics fanboy or just a straight up MIUI hater. Bu bye!
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Gentlemen, best is predetermined to be biased upon your own preferences; there is no right answer here. Yes, ICS does have some nice features, like improved voice commands, better folder management, ect. And for MIUI yes it is a lil 'iphone' like in essence, but different from all the rest. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but if you change the launcher, you fix the 'no app drawer' issue, which some people tend not to like.
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Gentlemen, best is predetermined to be biased upon your own preferences; there is no right answer here. Yes, ICS does have some nice features, like improved voice commands, better folder management, ect. And for MIUI yes it is a lil 'iphone' like in essence, but different from all the rest. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but if you change the launcher, you fix the 'no app drawer' issue, which some people tend not to like.
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Yea ur right. There is no right answer. I was just telling the guy on synergy that was laggy. That miui has no lag. And that other guy starts saying im a fanboy, thinking im referring to the OP. When i clearly quoted who i was replying to, and it got me in a **** talking mood. Sorry..my bad
And yea u can install a different launcher, but it takes away the uniform of MIUI, so i just made me a folder on the dock and put all the apps not on my screen in it
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[REQ]{PORT} Cm9 BeMiNiX Theme

Is there any way someone can get this working with our A2? I tried flashing it, but it says the version number or build number does not match. I have no idea of what I would need to go about changing or whatever. Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1475633
Doubt it... its got more than our build such as lockscreen tweaks and so forth besides it doesn't look all that great there are much better ones...
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Biggoron said:
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Is that Shanes's icecream infusion that theme looks gorgeous i havent flashed it since we found that restore bug but i might go ahead with it i think im gonna stay on CM9 now
K3VlN said:
Is that Shanes's icecream infusion that theme looks gorgeous i havent flashed it since we found that restore bug but i might go ahead with it i think im gonna stay on CM9 now
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Yep sure is
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Good suggestion man...Weird as hell though as I've been messaging a little with DaxINFINITI today to find out what it would take to get this specific theme for CM9 as well as two others for CM9 as well. The other two themes are "OrangeMod" <LINK> and LunarUI <LINK>. He's seems open to the idea so let's see how this goes..
MoSeriouS said:
Good suggestion man...Weird as hell though as I've been messaging a little with DaxINFINITI today to find out what it would take to get this specific theme for CM9 as well as two others for CM9 as well. The other two themes are "OrangeMod" <LINK> and LunarUI <LINK>. He's seems open to the idea so let's see how this goes..
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Yes! Those are both great looking. It'll be nice to have some themeage that strays from blue and grey a little! haha
All of these themes look good but my personal favorite is [THEME][CM9] Black Infinitum - v3.0
Its a really nice Minimal Black theme and should work flawlessly on our CM9.. although i havent tested it the Samsung Galaxy i9000 is pretty much the same if not exactly...
Screenshots gallery:
http://db.tt/yYqv3sHZ
Edit: doesnt work
The only thing I want from the Xperia theme is the settings and music app, which would actually be very easy to do but I'm not sure if I'm ready to use cm9 yet.
travismoreno said:
All of these themes look good but my personal favorite is [THEME][CM9] Black Infinitum - v3.0
Its a really nice Minimal Black theme and should work flawlessly on our CM9.. although i havent tested it the Samsung Galaxy i9000 is pretty much the same if not exactly...
Edit: doesnt work
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+1 for this theme! Looks great! Can it be ported to the epic? If so, I would love to have it. I'll test for anyone who wants to try. Does anyone know if they'll be incorporating the theme chooser engine into cm9? The main thing keeping my girl from switching from 7 to 9 is that there are no pink themes for it yet. She uses the Punk Pink theme chooser theme on cm7 and adores it.
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The only thing I want from the Xperia theme is the settings and music app, which would actually be very easy to do but I'm not sure if I'm ready to use cm9 yet.
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why not just make a nand and try cm9 out for a few hours? if you dont like it, it takes 5 minutes to restore your backup. thats what i did for alpha 0. it was too unstable for me to stay longer than 6 hours, so i went back to 7, same for alpha1. i've been on alpha2 since about 5 minutes after they put it up and, honestly, i dont think i'll be switching back. i do miss the functionality of cm7 and all the awesome settings to play around with, but cm9, even with half (if not more) the settings unavailable, is incredible. once all of the settings are available, and theres some more options available for the launcher, i've no doubt this will be the best rom the epic has ever seen. and i have a ton of faith in our cyanogen team. theyre amazing and very hard working. they pump these bad boys out like theyre getting paid for piece work!
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+1 for this theme! Looks great! Can it be ported to the epic? If so, I would love to have it. I'll test for anyone who wants to try. Does anyone know if they'll be incorporating the theme chooser engine into cm9? The main thing keeping my girl from switching from 7 to 9 is that there are no pink themes for it yet. She uses the Punk Pink theme chooser theme on cm7 and adores it.
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why not just make a nand and try cm9 out for a few hours? if you dont like it, it takes 5 minutes to restore your backup. thats what i did for alpha 0. it was too unstable for me to stay longer than 6 hours, so i went back to 7, same for alpha1. i've been on alpha2 since about 5 minutes after they put it up and, honestly, i dont think i'll be switching back. i do miss the functionality of cm7 and all the awesome settings to play around with, but cm9, even with half (if not more) the settings unavailable, is incredible. once all of the settings are available, and theres some more options available for the launcher, i've no doubt this will be the best rom the epic has ever seen. and i have a ton of faith in our cyanogen team. theyre amazing and very hard working. they pump these bad boys out like theyre getting paid for piece work!
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I tried it with alpha0 and I didn't like it. It was great and all, but I'm use to the stability and full functionality of CM7. CM9 will be amazing, but I'd still rather wait for my apps to be compatible, more settings to be implemented, and overall just ironed out a bit more. It's close but some things are a deal breaker for me.
MoSeriouS said:
Good suggestion man...Weird as hell though as I've been messaging a little with DaxINFINITI today to find out what it would take to get this specific theme for CM9 as well as two others for CM9 as well. The other two themes are "OrangeMod" <LINK> and LunarUI <LINK>. He's seems open to the idea so let's see how this goes..
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Any news on the lunarUI port?

JB stock ROM... where?

So I want a stock 4.0.4 or 4.1.* ROM for the Sprint GS3 .. Anyone?
I been looking and maybe I am blind ...
The wife and I dont like touch wiz ...
Jackeduphard said:
So I want a stock 4.0.4 or 4.1.* ROM for the Sprint GS3 .. Anyone?
I been looking and maybe I am blind ...
The wife and I dont like touch wiz ...
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There CM9, CM10, and Aokp
here's the link to the dev section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1691
You've got either:
CM10 Nightlies (Jelly Bean): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778266
CM9 Nightlies (ICS) :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1765247
AOKP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798981
or if you wanna try something completely new feeling
miui:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850364
I need something for the wife that is stable ... not nightly built and has MMS and internet and everything working just fine ...
Any one know if MMS and 3G is working right on any of these ... read through a lot of the post (last 10 pages and no one really confirms or deny s it.) ....
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I need something for the wife that is stable ... not nightly built and has MMS and internet and everything working just fine ...
Any one know if MMS and 3G is working right on any of these ... read through a lot of the post (last 10 pages and no one really confirms or deny s it.) ....
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Best bet is wait till official jb comes out.
What don't you like about tw?
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Just load a new launcher like Go, no need to load a new rom.
Well we both just came from google nexus to the TW fail ... the keyboard is horific, she just does not like change ... to her this is to much change ... she could deal with it but I think she would feel better with it being what she is used to ...
any who I found this "NoWizAOSPmod"
She been on 4.0.4 ... is there a stock 4.0.4 (Vanilla android Experience) for the SG3 Sprint? (i am not having very much luck ... i found on th einternational 4.1.1 and 4.0.4 no problems ... why do the CDMA and LTE have problems anyone?
Give MIUI 2.9.7 a try and use Nova launcher and Swiftkey 3 for a keyboard
MMS, and all the call stuff is working?
try using nova prime or apex launchers ,I'd stay away from Go Launcher it uses alot of resources to run. And you can easily change keyboards, I use SwiftKey 3 and swype beta.
There are a ton of extra you can customize touch wiz.
Custom tw roms get rid of alot of preloaded crap. And as soon as the official release for Sprint jelly bean, must tw roms will be updated.
Tw is the safest way if you want everything to work like normal.
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Speedin07si said:
try using nova prime or apex launchers ,I'd stay away from Go Launcher it uses alot of resources to run. And you can easily change keyboards, I use SwiftKey 3 and swype beta.
There are a ton of extra you can customize touch wiz.
Custom tw roms get rid of alot of preloaded crap. And as soon as the official release for Sprint jelly bean, must tw roms will be updated.
Tw is the safest way if you want everything to work like normal.
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Truly I want Samsung to release a 4.1 Vanilla and a TW ... so you could pick what you want ... how much do you want to bet people would pick 4.1 over TW ....
Any who so is there no APK or anything for the JellyBean or ICS Keyboard? (Disable the weird TW one tat seams to think it knows everything ... it knows nothing ... )
Jackeduphard said:
Truly I want Samsung to release a 4.1 Vanilla and a TW ... so you could pick what you want ... how much do you want to bet people would pick 4.1 over TW ....
Any who so is there no APK or anything for the JellyBean or ICS Keyboard? (Disable the weird TW one tat seams to think it knows everything ... it knows nothing ... )
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I want a pony....Well, no I really don't. A coffee would be good, though.
there's also blackbean3: http://teamicemods.com/
The Root said:
I want a pony....Well, no I really don't. A coffee would be good, though.
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A Pony in Hartford??? go grab one off the carousel...
To the OP, as far as kb's, grab swift keyboard, 100x better than the stock TW one.
I'd strongly recommend blazer rom actually for now. Has a stock tw feeling but is butter smooth and has the stock Android keyboard included
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there's also blackbean3: http://teamicemods.com/
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Is this for U.S. phones or International.
hunterbeav said:
Is this for U.S. phones or International.
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This Is Us Variants That I Can Tell. No International Phones Are Listed In The OP. But This Is Nice Smooth Rom.

Possible New Note II User, couple of questions?

Hi Guys,
Been an HTC guy, all my Android life. Thinking of picking up my first Sammy with the Sprint's version of Note 2. Just had a couple of questions about software and ROMs:
1. Are you guys expecting a Port or Updates from the new S4, coming to the Note 2? If so, when? Or if they've been ported already, can someone point me to the ROM or mods for those?
2. Been familiar with Sense and AOKP/CM10.1 for some time now. Never used TouchWiz. What are most of you driving with here? TouchWiz light and snappy enough with balance of pretty to be used as your Daily Driver, or are you guys AOKP kinda guys here as well? Either way, can you make some ROM recommendations for a new guy? I'd like to experience the Sammy experience, before moving on to AOKP, if possible?
Any other tips you can give me before I switch? I will be switching from an EVO LTE with CarbonROM running on it. Thank you for your time.
It's pretty much a 50/50 when it comes between TouchWiz or AOSP. There is already an s4 system dump.
For Rom recommendations I would suggest if you want TouchWiz stay on stock that's my opinion. And if you want AOSP is suggest CyanogenMod.
PAC rom is good too but for me I love simplicity. So that's why I'm currently on stock right now or CyanogenMod
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I was an HTC guy before coming to Sammy. I can say I wasn't all that thrilled with Touchwiz, compared to Sense.
I ended up ditching Touchwiz for Nova Launcher and a couple extra widget paks (HD widgets for clock and Android Pro Widgets for Timeline aka Friendstream and Contact favorites).
I am very happy with this combination.
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S4 firmware (4.2.2) will hit out device by the end of May.
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Chuck_IV said:
I was an HTC guy before coming to Sammy. I can say I wasn't all that thrilled with Touchwiz, compared to Sense.
I ended up ditching Touchwiz for Nova Launcher and a couple extra widget paks (HD widgets for clock and Android Pro Widgets for Timeline aka Friendstream and Contact favorites).
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I was the same at first, but in the long run, I actually Prefer TW to Sense. By miles. Stock TW is (usually, with perhaps a small bit of configuring) faster, and makes more intuitive sense (haha).
AOSP is of course loverly, but TW has a few features w/o totally obscuring Android that I think are ok, even worth it.
Thank you everyone for the response guys!
Just was wondering that I should try out TW for a bit, since I have never used it daily before. The gimmicky features from Sammy on the S4 though... like the Camera app and gestures and eyes thing for scrolling... do you guys think those will be/can be ported to the N2?
Thanks again for everyone's input... getting excited! Just not sure if the N2 will be too much of a phone for me to hold LOL!
ProFragger said:
Thank you everyone for the response guys!
Just was wondering that I should try out TW for a bit, since I have never used it daily before. The gimmicky features from Sammy on the S4 though... like the Camera app and gestures and eyes thing for scrolling... do you guys think those will be/can be ported to the N2?
Thanks again for everyone's input... getting excited! Just not sure if the N2 will be too much of a phone for me to hold LOL!
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Those are coming to our device either this month or next month. And before this device, I as a big time rooter, but I say stay stock, it has everything you could ever need.
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I too switched from HTC for 3 years.. And I can say I haven't been happier!!! Tw does take some getting used to after sense, but none the less its every bit as good as sense IMO... If I want a tweaked stock tw ROM, I suggest checking out the lab rats ROM.. Its pretty cartoonish stock, but the updater is chocked full of themes and different apps. Its been an amazing ROM. I used to be a flashaholic til the rats came my way. Not to mention they gotta be the friendliest, goofiest, most entertaining group of devs I've seen yet and as for requests, if its possible its usually pretty quick turnaround and they enjoy all they do probably even more than we do!!! Give it a shot and I can almost bet you will keep coming back to the lab!! Of course this is just my opinion, but there are many more who share it!! As well as, of course, some that don't..
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Everyone,
Thank you for your wonderful responses. I just brought home the N2 and it's a MONSTER !!! LOL!
I do want to stay TW for a bit though... so can you guys recommend the most UP TO DATE, and MOST CUSTOMIZEABLE TW ROM with hopefully the LEAST about of bugs and MOST amount of speed? (LOL! I know, talk about Eutopian demands, right !?)
An example of that ^ from the EVO LTE world is Team Venom's ROM...
I will Root though,because I need apps like Titanium Backup to fully set me up on the new device...
Thank you again for all your help! Looking forward to loving the Sammy world !
And oh, for the folks saying that GS4 camera and other features are coming to N2... do you think there will be some features that will NOT work on the N2 for Hardware or Kernel (firmware) issues? Thanks again!
ProFragger said:
Everyone,
Thank you for your wonderful responses. I just brought home the N2 and it's a MONSTER !!! LOL!
I do want to stay TW for a bit though... so can you guys recommend the most UP TO DATE, and MOST CUSTOMIZEABLE TW ROM with hopefully the LEAST about of bugs and MOST amount of speed? (LOL! I know, talk about Eutopian demands, right !?)
An example of that ^ from the EVO LTE world is Team Venom's ROM...
I will Root though,because I need apps like Titanium Backup to fully set me up on the new device...
Thank you again for all your help! Looking forward to loving the Sammy world !
And oh, for the folks saying that GS4 camera and other features are coming to N2... do you think there will be some features that will NOT work on the N2 for Hardware or Kernel (firmware) issues? Thanks again!
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There will be some things that won't work properly due to hardware restrictions, but most everything that doesn't rely on hardware, we should be getting at some point..
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Thanks again for the responses guys. Tried my first few ROMs last night... JellyBomb... LabRats... Nice ROMs, but they are too "modded" and touched for my taste...
What ROM can you recommend that's kinda Stock, debloated, keeps the original spirit of Stock at it's heart, with performance enhancements?
Is Synergy a good one?
Also... what's the later build? M7 or something after that? I am forgetting the name right now ...
ProFragger said:
Thanks again for the responses guys. Tried my first few ROMs last night... JellyBomb... LabRats... Nice ROMs, but they are too "modded" and touched for my taste...
What ROM can you recommend that's kinda Stock, debloated, keeps the original spirit of Stock at it's heart, with performance enhancements?
Is Synergy a good one?
Also... what's the later build? M7 or something after that? I am forgetting the name right now ...
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Mc2 is the latest... Not sure on which ROM would be to ur liking tho as I've been stuck on lab rats for months. They practically cured my flashaholism... Lol
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Mc2 is the latest... Not sure on which ROM would be to ur liking tho as I've been stuck on lab rats for months. They practically cured my flashaholism... Lol
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Hey sparytrainor,
Thank you for your response. Per your recommendation, I tried the Lab Rats ROM, but found a NUMBER of issues with them:
1. I didn't like the annoying PnB Bootanimation, and tried changing it via their built Customization app, but it just booted into Recovery and did nothing ...
2. The kept prompting an update, annoying
3. Flashlight toggle didn't work
Just seemed way too customized to me, without a whole lot of value for those changes.
I am now trying Stock MC2, Rooted and DeOdexed, but I can't seem to boot in. TWRP says, it needs to fix Root permissions at the end of the flash and in both cases (Fix or Not), the phone reboots and sits at the Samsung GN II screen...? Am I missing some firmware requirements here?
When I get that ROM going, I hope to debloat it with TB, and find ways to tweak it a bit, like find a Battery mod or something maybe...?
Thanks again for everyone reading my thread!
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Hey sparytrainor,
Thank you for your response. Per your recommendation, I tried the Lab Rats ROM, but found a NUMBER of issues with them:
1. I didn't like the annoying PnB Bootanimation, and tried changing it via their built Customization app, but it just booted into Recovery and did nothing ...
2. The kept prompting an update, annoying
3. Flashlight toggle didn't work
Just seemed way too customized to me, without a whole lot of value for those changes.
I am now trying Stock MC2, Rooted and DeOdexed, but I can't seem to boot in. TWRP says, it needs to fix Root permissions at the end of the flash and in both cases (Fix or Not), the phone reboots and sits at the Samsung GN II screen...? Am I missing some firmware requirements here?
When I get that ROM going, I hope to debloat it with TB, and find ways to tweak it a bit, like find a Battery mod or something maybe...?
Thanks again for everyone reading my thread!
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OK, in the updater, go into settings and select reboot type and select the recovery u use. This will fix the reboot and install not working.
Also there are fixes in the updater for all the other issue u mentioned with the ROM other than the flashligt , which I use one from the play store anyway..
Check out the updater website for previews of the mods and themes.
http://updater.team-nocturnal.com/labrats/
And as for the other issue, mine says it needs to fix root sometimes as well, but I swipe to fix and everything goes fine. If you didn't update to mc2, u may need to. Here's a link for that as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240961
Good luck to u.. Happy flashing and enjoy your new favorite phone!!!
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OK, in the updater, go into settings and select reboot type and select the recovery u use. This will fix the reboot and install not working.
Also there are fixes in the updater for all the other issue u mentioned with the ROM other than the flashligt , which I use one from the play store anyway..
Check out the updater website for previews of the mods and themes.
http://updater.team-nocturnal.com/labrats/
And as for the other issue, mine says it needs to fix root sometimes as well, but I swipe to fix and everything goes fine. If you didn't update to mc2, u may need to. Here's a link for that as well..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240961
Good luck to u.. Happy flashing and enjoy your new favorite phone!!!
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Thank you again, friend, that seems to have worked !
Couple of follow up questions:
1. In the LabRats ROM, if your Swipe to Capture function working?
2. Is there a "safe list" available for the apps I can uninstall to de-bloat?
3. If you run into a faster, less bulky ROM, please share with me , thanks!
Actually that goes for everyone else, as well. Please share your thoughts and inputs if you happen to have some cool ROM recommendations for TW ROMs that are the lightest and the fastest an least buggy !
Thanks guys!
You'd have to search around for a list of what can and can't be removed.. Or u can do like I did and make a backup so if u remove something that breaks the ROM, u can restore ur backup in twrp and be right back where u started..
Swipe to capture has to be turned on in settings. By default it is off.. I used it to take this screenshot for u..
As for a debloated ROM, you might do well with nowiz aosp in development section..can't get much more debloated than that..
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You'd have to search around for a list of what can and can't be removed.. Or u can do like I did and make a backup so if u remove something that breaks the ROM, u can restore ur backup in twrp and be right back where u started..
Swipe to capture has to be turned on in settings. By default it is off.. I used it to take this screenshot for u..
As for a debloated ROM, you might do well with nowiz aosp in development section..can't get much more debloated than that..
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Couple of questions bro:
1. What's the eye icon in your screen shot in the notification bar? I never get that...
2. What theme are you using? Link to that theme and other cool ones like it? (I love Red themes )
3. As for the swipe to screen, I've had the right settings enabled, but for the life of me, I cannot get that feature to work ... Even tried it on a friend's stock GS3, nothing. Saw videos on YouTube as well, mimicking the same thing, still no go ... wonder what's up?
As always, much appreciate your kindness and help !
We can help a lot more if you post in our lab rats thread.
I removed about as much as I could without complaints. I personally would remove more, but I wanted to keep the users happy. I would remove s voice, email, calender, Google search, Google now, voice recorder, and voice search. Themes are in the updater and screen shots are on our Web site. All PATB can be removed via the updater.
The eye is smart stay that you must turn on. Flashlight works perfectly fine for everyone else as well as swipe to capture.
Thank you sparytrainor!
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Boring 4.3 update

I loaded the 4.3 leak and its smooth and runs great but I don't notice anything else but the flare/light lock screen, not even a themed out dialer or more features with Messaging app, like more bubbles or background options. I really was hoping for a revamped UI for TW but samsung kept it the same. Might as well just call it 4.2 since we didn't see 4.2 on our devices, except the i9300. But as I play with the leak on my phone its just too boring. Sorry but Samsung had us skip 4.2 to give us 4.3, I know its just a leak but how much different will the actual release be? not much.
That's why I flash CM roms to give it a different look on my phone. So glad I rooted my phone. Any way I thought I just vent a bit on the so called update that looks totally the same as 4.1
Yeah this is exactly why I'm going Nexus 5.
But I don't think 4.3 had many visual changes aside from the WiFi connection bars and tabbed settings. That being said it definitely brought along a vast improvement over GPU rendering, better battery life, and overall smoothness.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Yeah this is exactly why I'm going Nexus 5.
But I don't think 4.3 had many visual changes aside from the WiFi connection bars and tabbed settings. That being said it definitely brought along a vast improvement over GPU rendering, better battery life, and overall smoothness.
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Yeah you're right. far as smoothness it is better. far as visual its not attracting. But the phone runs faster and not a big fan of toggles. I hope to get on the N5.
That's the thing, not much change from 4.1 to 4.3 visually, even with stock android. Trim support should keep or system running smooth tho
atb1183 said:
That's the thing, not much change from 4.1 to 4.3 visually, even with stock android. Trim support should keep or system running smooth tho
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Thats true sometimes all those apps that come with the rom I never use. But I don't understand whats "knox" and I do like the samsung apps like calendar, notes, music apps. I just hope that if we ever get TW 4.4 I hope that at least it'll be an nice minimalistic TW UI. that'll be nice to see that. I wish I was good at programing. I can do images, icons but not good with coding. Hopefully we can see a google style TW UI. I just think that TW should go another direction and lean more towards a google style UI. Flat colors.
I beg to differ due to the fact that I'm not bothered by the lack of aesthetic changes personally. I'm fine with stock 4.1.2 right now so the overall performance improvements are a good enough upgrade for me. I wasn't expecting Samsung to change much anyways.
Biggest plus imo is group messaging. I haven't run a TW Rom since getting this phone until now. I was fine with asop, but the Wi-Fi calling is another big plus with TW.
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Thanks guys for pointing out some things I didn't noticed. I never used group messaging or used wifi calling. I guess everyone has a thing or two with the update. I use my phone in the most basic way, I mean basic. I make a few callings, text mostly to people and try to customize my phone to look cool. I mean thats it. I don't use really the other special features that comes with the phone. Maybe Gmail and on occasion the web. I just like to try to make my phone look different. and love trying out roms.
Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.
I like it...
I personally like the (leaked) 4.3 update. I did use CyanogenMod for awhile on my S3, but there was just a few too many bugs that never seemed to get resolved (camera issues, audio issues), which ended with me going back to TW. I like the transparent notification bar with 4.3, and the fact it seems to (so far) be smoother than 4.1.2 was, with better battery life as well.
Most likely I will get a Nexus 5 after the holidays, because I personally love stock Android, but I will miss wifi calling.
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Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.
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It does appear to be affecting our release, but I believe ours to be relatively free of the issues in that article. (We've had a few problems, but it's only been for a few people). Just keep in mind they are talking about the I9300 in the article, a very different device from ours.
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rcsrich said:
Well, if this article is to be believed, (http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2013/11/12/galaxy-s3-android-4-3-update-pulled-note-2-delayed/) we may not get the OTA update for a while now. Funny how I don't read about most of these issues in the 4.3 leak threads- I just wonder if it's because most of us do a factory reset because we're coming from another ROM. Maybe Samsung needs to make a factory reset mandatory for a major update like this.
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The only issue I've seen is the keyboard and lack of kernel source. Other than that all is well with the current leak itself IMO, so the official release shouldn't be too much to wait on.
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We're at the middle of the month and hoping that the actual release would come out but don't know if it will. Plus again, its the TW I do like it but its just not a lot of fluff for me to keep it on. I like making my phone look different thats why I keep trying out roms. I'm on MIUI because it looks awesome especially with the themes.
I did like KITKAT 4.4 from CM but it still has some bugs. I'll probably try it out again. My friend is jumping ship from his GN2 for the N5 he's never going to see the 4.3 update anytime soon.
I wish you all good luck with the 4.3 drop..even sprint didn't get theirs on the 6th like they were supposed to.
Nexus 5 will be here in..3 days.
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TheLastSidekick said:
I wish you all good luck with the 4.3 drop..even sprint didn't get theirs on the 6th like they were supposed to.
Nexus 5 will be here in..3 days.
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Should I be sad or happy?
johnny quest said:
I loaded the 4.3 leak and its smooth and runs great but I don't notice anything else but the flare/light lock screen, not even a themed out dialer or more features with Messaging app, like more bubbles or background options. I really was hoping for a revamped UI for TW but samsung kept it the same. Might as well just call it 4.2 since we didn't see 4.2 on our devices, except the i9300. But as I play with the leak on my phone its just too boring. Sorry but Samsung had us skip 4.2 to give us 4.3, I know its just a leak but how much different will the actual release be? not much.
That's why I flash CM roms to give it a different look on my phone. So glad I rooted my phone. Any way I thought I just vent a bit on the so called update that looks totally the same as 4.1
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Well At Least You Know Your Updated On Firmware Somewhat
Well, the last leak is working perfectly for me, I was hesitant to switch from Dirty Unicorns back to TW, but I tried it and I'm really happy with it. The icons seem to have a better definition, the UI is a lot smoother, different lock screen options including the light effect swipe to unlock from the S4, different setting menu (tabs), toggle tiles and Gear support. Yes, Gear is working perfectly with the unbloated knox free leak. The Gear is now getting all notifications with text to read due to software released that you can flash thru Odin. Stock keyboard isn't working yet, but shouldn't be a deal breaker, I use swype anyway. Overall, I love the last leak and can care less if they delay the official update.
I'm loving the 4.3 leak.
Bluetooth is finally working properly for me. No more connection glitches or horrible crackling audio in A2DP.
Google Voice properly integrates with the new call log.
Lock screen improvements are very useful to me.
Notification improvements are great and work more reliably with Knock+2
I just wish I could find out if ANT+ is truly enabled as was reported for the international version. I can't seem to get it working.
revwillie said:
I'm loving the 4.3 leak.
Bluetooth is finally working properly for me. No more connection glitches or horrible crackling audio in A2DP.
Google Voice properly integrates with the new call log.
Lock screen improvements are very useful to me.
Notification improvements are great and work more reliably with Knock+2
I just wish I could find out if ANT+ is truly enabled as was reported for the international version. I can't seem to get it working.
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Its possible there could be a couple of reasons it wont work. If its rom related, then its probably just not been implemented in this roubd of testing. Much more likely though is it is probably because of the kernel. the kernel used is the AT&T kernel from the oldest leak of 4.3, UVUEMJ2. Either too many changes were made, it wasnt yet added, or its implmented differently in tmobiles kernels.
Isnt it a wifi technology? or is it used via bluetooth? if it is wifi, as i seem to recall, itll definitely be kernel related. the sole reason for using the older AT&T kernel is wifi doesnt work with tmobiles, so if it is a wifi only protocol, thatd be the most likely reason.
hope that makes sense!
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DocHoliday77 said:
Isnt it a wifi technology? or is it used via bluetooth?
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I think it's most closely related to bluetooth low energy or 4.0 .

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