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[Q] galaxy s theme for mytouch slide

Im getting the new myTouch 3g slide for Christmas and I was trying to see if anyone could make me the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy theme or a rom of it for my myTouch 3g slide. All help is greatly appreciated. By the way, I'm on 12, so don't get mad if I don't understand.

just a quick 30 second scan of the development section for the slide turned up a ROM that was done back on Sept.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780611

why get the slide? get the g2

#1: Because I'm only 12 years old.
#2: Because my parents don't have that much money and can't afford the G2

guitarist5122 said:
why get the slide? get the g2
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In my opinion you shouldn't upgrade a phone every couple of months unless you're a developer or unless you have upgrade-A-phone-Syndrome. I think if anyone has the Slide then you should hold off until some real ground breaking phone comes out before you upgrade. The only good I can say about the G2 vs the Slide is the faster processor. Yes I am aware of the larger screen and better resolution on the G2, but is it really worth leaving the Slide behind? The Slide does a lot for a phone. I don't think we realize how far technology has come. I think we sometimes take it for granted. Do you remember before cell phones there was beepers? Do you remember getting paged and having to return that call on a near by pay phone (I'm 21 years old by the way)? The Slide can browse the internet, record video's, take pictures with LED flash (some high end phones don't even have flash), play music, download music/video's from websites, wireless tether, voice turn by turn gps navigation for free, text/call hands free (genious button) etc. A lot of other smart phones still can not do some of the things the Slide can. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS TO OFFENSE, BUT FEEL FREE TO RESPOND IN A RESPECTABLE MANNER. ANYONE CAN RESPOND!
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
www.GoTeamFriday.com

OuncE718 said:
In my opinion you shouldn't upgrade a phone every couple of months unless you're a developer or unless you have upgrade-A-phone-Syndrome. I think if anyone has the Slide then you should hold off until some real ground breaking phone comes out before you upgrade. The only good I can say about the G2 vs the Slide is the faster processor. Yes I am aware of the larger screen and better resolution on the G2, but is it really worth leaving the Slide behind? The Slide does a lot for a phone. I don't think we realize how far technology has come. I think we sometimes take it for granted. Do you remember before cell phones there was beepers? Do you remember getting paged and having to return that call on a near by pay phone (I'm 21 years old by the way)? The Slide can browse the internet, record video's, take pictures with LED flash (some high end phones don't even have flash), play music, download music/video's from websites, wireless tether, voice turn by turn gps navigation for free, text/call hands free (genious button) etc. A lot of other smart phones still can not do some of the things the Slide can. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS TO OFFENSE, BUT FEEL FREE TO RESPOND IN A RESPECTABLE MANNER. ANYONE CAN RESPOND!
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
www.GoTeamFriday.com
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Some people, this may be true, but for many there are very good reasons to upgrade that have nothing to do with the "A-phone-syndrome". I'm in the process of upgrading to the G2 myself now. I waited, but now that they broke the root I just cant justify staying any longer.
If I had to say there was only one single reason, I'd say for the mass of community support. The G2 is so much newer, yet there is much more support for it already on the forums. This is very important to me.
Other things to consider:
- There are now sense ports for it, as I wouldn't buy it with vanilla.
- Basic sense has no stupid faves/faves widgets, just the original HTC favorites. Much better
- Now with overclock kernels you can run it at 1.4ghz, and I hear it runs pretty fast! The espresso still hangs a bit sometimes, and at times, long enough to annoy me.
- You have full s-off.
- True full root. With the slide, you cant modify system apps while booted normally, or even reboot through adb shell. Annoying.
- Better resolution with a bigger screen.
- More storage.
- No genius button. I've had mine remapped since I bought the phone - not a fan of the genius app. And its slow.
-I prefer the keyboard, and I only buy phones with physical boards because I use them! Otherwise I'd buy all touch. Only downside is its still not 5 row like the good ol g1, but then again neither is the espresso. Still wins out for typing speed.
-There are now mods making it so that you can use the trackball to wake/sleep the phone like on the espresso, which was about the only other thing I didnt like. Top mounted power buttons = inconvenient.
- 4G network anybody?

im also trying to find a galaxy s theme/rom for mytouch slide BUT if i never come across on/stable one ill make sure to let you know

purple1 said:
im also trying to find a galaxy s theme/rom for mytouch slide BUT if i never come across on/stable one ill make sure to let you know
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2nd post.........
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

the1wingedangel said:
Some people, this may be true, but for many there are very good reasons to upgrade that have nothing to do with the "A-phone-syndrome". I'm in the process of upgrading to the G2 myself now. I waited, but now that they broke the root I just cant justify staying any longer.
If I had to say there was only one single reason, I'd say for the mass of community support. The G2 is so much newer, yet there is much more support for it already on the forums. This is very important to me.
Other things to consider:
- There are now sense ports for it, as I wouldn't buy it with vanilla.
- Basic sense has no stupid faves/faves widgets, just the original HTC favorites. Much better
- Now with overclock kernels you can run it at 1.4ghz, and I hear it runs pretty fast! The espresso still hangs a bit sometimes, and at times, long enough to annoy me.
- You have full s-off.
- True full root. With the slide, you cant modify system apps while booted normally, or even reboot through adb shell. Annoying.
- Better resolution with a bigger screen.
- More storage.
- No genius button. I've had mine remapped since I bought the phone - not a fan of the genius app. And its slow.
-I prefer the keyboard, and I only buy phones with physical boards because I use them! Otherwise I'd buy all touch. Only downside is its still not 5 row like the good ol g1, but then again neither is the espresso. Still wins out for typing speed.
-There are now mods making it so that you can use the trackball to wake/sleep the phone like on the espresso, which was about the only other thing I didnt like. Top mounted power buttons = inconvenient.
- 4G network anybody?
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I guess you're right in a way.
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
www.GoTeamFriday.com

Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

purple1 said:
Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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The link takes you to the thread go to the first post and dl the rom......
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purple1 said:
Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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I really think you should take your time to read around the forums and absorb more information before you start asking questions/make comment. Or simply finish reading a thread. Maybe then that will automagically make you realize that there is a link. lol.

I know, it's getting very confusing.

I actually did and there's nothing there but random roms by random developers but not the s themed
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purple1 said:
I actually did and there's nothing there but random roms by random developers but not the s themed
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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Look there is a galaxy s theme with an actual touchwiz launcher installed. Just look. If you cant find it in the dev section then your not looking.....
And these arent random roms by random people they are roms made by people that actually take time to learn and give back to the community. Just search if everyone else can find the themed rom why cant you?
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

I am it goes to a download page. It has roms by htc clay, and someone else I don't remember.
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SPB shell 3d

Hi,
Does anyone have experience with SPB shell 3D on the optimus 2x? It looks good, and I think I can see myself comfortable using it. However, it is (extremely) pricey, and unless it works really well on my device I will not even consider it. For half the price I would have bought it straight away...

I took the jump and bought it, but regret it now. It made the phone lag from time to time. I tried living with it for 1 week, but it needs more polish to be come lagfree.
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K3yMaster said:
I took the jump and bought it, but regret it now. It made the phone lag from time to time. I tried living with it for 1 week, but it needs more polish to be come lagfree.
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@moment no lag for me
looks very good

If you compare it to stock, it is better in almost every given area. I have not experienced any real lag from it at all like above poster. If you like fancy stuff, this is definitely a great launcher. If you're more into the simplistic stuff, and you think you'll get tired of it after a while, don't buy it.
From my experience though, it is quite good. Making folders and all that is really useful. The way the home screens scroll is really good looking, it's running completely smooth for me (everything stock). There is one thing that can get annoying though, it seems very unresponsive when trying to move widgets/shortcuts on the homescreen. It can take multiple tries while holding down your finger on a shortcut for it to react. I'm not sure if this has been fixed yet, as I have been using stock android since yesterday (just installed MoDaCo custom vanilla ROM).
So as a buttom line, I'd say if you can live with the unresponsiveness while moving shortcuts/widgets (which I didn't mind at all after I had arranged everything in folders), then get it, it runs really smooth and looks great! If you think it will annoy you too much, don't buy it, wait until it is either fixed or it drops in price

Well it is spb, it is a resource hog, but the 2x should be able to run it smooth.
i tried it out a couple of days, and though it ran fine, i still think launcherpro is better.
but spb i prettier.
if you run a oc'ed kernel and custom rom, you shouldn't have any trouble with lag.

I've got it.
It uses no more resources than a browser...
It's very attractive, and spectacularly fast for what it does.
It's not functional enough, or configurable enough, for me to use as a daily launcher.
It's not worth $15 (yet). For that price I expect almost weekly significant updates, none yet.
So, I use LauncherPro (one screen) and from there I launch SPB and have multiple screens with full page widgets. So I get LauncherPro functionality (e.g. speed, resizeable widgets etc) but the 'glam' of SPB if I want it.
SPB takes a long time to load doing it this way but I only have to "load" it once then it's instant.
To be honest, I use it more to show off than to actually do anything with it. For me $15 has been well spent because my iPhone friends are simply astonished. It has the presentation quality of Apple and the power of Android...
But as I say, it's not a daily driver for me.

Do any of you guys find it can be nigh on impossible to actually drag and drop items from the launcher or around the homescreen at times? I found that it was very hit and miss on 1.03.
Pros:
It looks gorgeous
It's very, very smooth
The launcher looks brilliant
Lovely folders.
Cons:
Can't rearrange items on the homescreen freely (always fills from top down)
No "Friendstream" or other social network status aggregation.
Must admit, I pirated this app (requires root) for testing purposes. I've now removed as LP is better featured. Given time though, I can see SPB Shell 3D becoming a full time home screen.

Good replacement for me!
Hey There!
I use the SPB 3D shell for 2 weeks now!
I came from the ADW Ex launcher which is more configurable! But the SBP launcher is Way more smooth and stable for me!
Is a high price! But I think this product need some TTBP (time to be Perfect!)
(Like the time to startup, is way to long!! even on my overclocked Lg.. to 1300 Mhz!)
You dont have to spend years to configure youre homescreens, SPB has some nice screens inside!!
Enjoy!!!
greetzz
WyCkson

nordsmark said:
There is one thing that can get annoying though, it seems very unresponsive when trying to move widgets/shortcuts on the homescreen. It can take multiple tries while holding down your finger on a shortcut for it to react. I'm not sure if this has been fixed yet, as I have been using stock android since yesterday (just installed MoDaCo custom vanilla ROM).
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This is definitely a problem I face too!

mikeyd85 said:
Must admit, I pirated this app (requires root) for testing purposes. I've now removed as LP is better featured. Given time though, I can see SPB Shell 3D becoming a full time home screen.
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I'll admit myself I've been considering pirating this app myself (temporarily) as 15 minutes is not nearly enough to test a launcher out. But you say you need root to pirate it? I do have root, but thought all you would need to do is find the .apk file on the net and install from a SD card? When you were testing it, were you overclocked?

xAdaM-- said:
I'll admit myself I've been considering pirating this app myself (temporarily) as 15 minutes is not nearly enough to test a launcher out. But you say you need root to pirate it? I do have root, but thought all you would need to do is find the .apk file on the net and install from a SD card? When you were testing it, were you overclocked?
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You need to be able to run su terminal commands before it works. You'll have to look yourself for more info.
15 mins is nowhere near enough time for this app. You only just get passed the initial wow factor in that time... sneaky.
I was running a completely stock build aside from root access. 10b.

Waist of money looks nice but that's all about it..
Resource hog a very large memory foot print.
LP has more functionality and far less memory footprint...
Sent from my LG-P990 using Tapatalk

Installed on my Nexus One when I was running CM7 RC4.
I've always liked to backup with Titanium, wipe all data, and flash the next update. I know I don't need to, but it's my way of weeding out the un-necessary apps
Well, it ran totally fine on RC4, and I didn't regret my pricey purchase at all! I had it configured just as I wanted it to.
But on the latest CM7, it just force closes.
I will definately re-install in a few weeks, after they fix some things. I just may re-install it after I get my LG G2X

I have been using spb Shell 3D for over two weeks now. I like it a lot. You are right when you say it takes a couple of tries to arrange things by pressing on the screen.
I have received one update in the last two weeks. What I can critisize is that their widget quantity could have been more than it is. Other than that its fast, smooth and it looks good....or as good as you make out of it.

Maliacrete said:
I have been using spb Shell 3D for over two weeks now. I like it a lot. You are right when you say it takes a couple of tries to arrange things by pressing on the screen.
I have received one update in the last two weeks. What I can critisize is that their widget quantity could have been more than it is. Other than that its fast, smooth and it looks good....or as good as you make out of it.
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Aye. If you get Extended Controls, you can add blank invisible widgets to your home screen. Makes it possible to have items at the bottom of the screen.
ITT v1.0.4 removes the drag and drop bug.

Looks great, but slows my phone down big time... Send them an email, hope they will upgrade
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they won't do anything because of the custom rom (easy hiding behind it ) but it also is slow on stock rom... don't download for that price

Reboot problem
I bought the last version but with this when I try to reboot with the power key the phone stucks on Lg logo and I have to pull out the battery to make it able to open normally. This problem does not appear without the SpbShell.

I've been using spb shell since it came out - first on my moto defy, now on lg 2x and I've never had any problems with it. It's not updated too often, but some improvements have been made, which makes it a perfect launcher for me. On both phones it was on stock rom.
Of course it could have more widgets, but there's a lot of stuff on the market.
I tried other launchers (Go, LP, ADW, Regina, 7), but none of them is as stable and fancy as spb shell.

Hi all.
I like the fickr widget from spb shell but i dont like the launcher. Is there any way to get the widget and put it on another launcher?
Tnx.

You guys should try out Go Launcher Ex, it is fully free and comes along with some nice free themes and Widgets, I feel it is better polished compared to LP,TW and SPB.
Only drawback is that each themes are downloaded and installed separately from the launcher and you will see lots of Go Launcher based application in your installed list if applications.

[Q] Facebook Home on One

....not available on april 12 apparently
I hope they will make it available soon, because i really like to give it a try
Funny is available on HTC one x and x+ but not a the newer handset
Will you be using it - if it becomes available ?

tim2london said:
....not available on april 12 apparently
I hope they will make it available soon, because i really like to give it a try
Funny is available on HTC one x and x+ but not a the newer handset
Will you be using it - if it becomes available ?
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Facebook is pretty annoying as it is even before it takes over your phone.... however my wife would love it!

Facebook ant-social media for people with no life or middle aged people trying to re-live their youthful past, and at the same time every government agency on earth are mining you data.
can't stand the place and i hope Home is flop.

Um no thanks. I use Facebook regularly. But I don't want to Have to see it unless I choose.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

Who wants more facebook in their life? I already can't stand the page I have.
Sent from my HTC myTouch 4g using xda premium

On androidcentral they posted this:
"Right now the official list of phones that'll support Facebook Home at launch is as follows: HTC One, HTC One X, HTC One X+, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II, and of course the HTC First."
androidcentral.com/facebook-home-coming-ice-cream-sandwich-and-jelly-bean-only

HTC One and SG4 are noted as FUTURE release ( i understand from internal sources that most likely beginning of June )
also the App wont be available outside US on 12th....

I think this app or launcher will only kill your battery life. I deinstalled fb app, cuz of to many wakelocks.
When i go via browser it also faster, so i dont need this ****.

RoachPapa said:
I think this app or launcher will only kill your battery life. I deinstalled fb app, cuz of to many wakelocks.
When i go via browser it also faster, so i dont need this ****.
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+1 I'd rather prefer blinkfeed over facebook. At least I get to have alot more choice with it. And I maybe a facebook user but I don't want it being shove in my face everytime I open my phone lol!

doesnt hurt to try out facebook home? maybe thats the solution to the horrid facebook app!

Why hope it will be a flop? I definately won't be using it, but I'm pretty sure there's a (big) market for it.
Just probably not for most users on this forum, but there are other users out there

tim2london said:
....not available on april 12 apparently
I hope they will make it available soon, because i really like to give it a try
Funny is available on HTC one x and x+ but not a the newer handset
Will you be using it - if it becomes available ?
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I, personally, will be trying it out. I don't think there is any harm in giving it a go, if it's fluid and fast I don't see the problem. The only thing I can say in regards to it not being released on the One, is possibly HTC's secrecy over the device. I highly doubt HTC would want to risk a full-device leak, though we had plenty during development probably just doesn't support 1080P, as it's not on the DNA either.
RoachPapa said:
I think this app or launcher will only kill your battery life. I deinstalled fb app, cuz of to many wakelocks.
When i go via browser it also faster, so i dont need this ****.
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Facebook have teamed up with Qualcomm to optimize and make the launcher much more power efficient. It should use minimum RAM and minimum battery when operating on a Qualcomm device, which is the HTC One .
Stop hating people, you have a choice weather you get it or not. This is Android, not iOS.

@jaaystott I totally agree with you
I dont understand whats with this hate of FB apps: ok i get you dont use FB, you dont like being ''spied'' by the FBI etc but i am talking about a new development here
is hybrid between an app and a OS..it could bring improvements or not, thats to find out
also im pretty sure 90% of the one's yelling they dont use fb or will download, will at a point download it and try it....lets face it, and stop being so precious
There has been a lot of work involved in developing this hybrid and the fact that they choose HTC to deploy it, should mean we will get the best of it
of course no one is forcing you to use it or try it, but dont make everyone who is curios or wants to try it - feel like they are somewhat weird

I am very interested to try to lockscreen, because lockscreens on android are horrible. yes there are so many themes and cool looking ones.. but functionality wise, they alls suck! why iOS shows all notifications from all apps i choose and then i can just open the ones i like. on android its a mixed experience. some apps shows. some dont.. (gmail doesnt for example). Facebook seems to solved this problem by merging all notification on their homescreen and make it more useful.

I really want to try it, and like the idea, although, in the downloadable version, it will block android notifications (sms, email, apps), which i personally think is a stupid idea, so in order to get it at any realistically usable level, we'd need a port of the first's rom.
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/facebook-home-download-ignores-androids-notifications/

Blinkfeed surely is enough. It's bad enough on there
'Just ate a curry yum yum'
Or watch this it's hillarious type crap
Facebook jog on. We got the point. Gets more invasive with age man
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brainimpact said:
Facebook ant-social media for people with no life or middle aged people trying to re-live their youthful past, and at the same time every government agency on earth are mining you data.
can't stand the place and i hope Home is flop.
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Well said

I had fb a long time and after some time I tested fb via browser. This app is still slow in comparison.
gesendet vom Galaxy S

Umm, i may give it ago, but i actually like my Sense 5 and Blinkfeed too much. . . ill try but thats it. . .

me too

[Q] Air view on HTC One

I was reading that the Galaxy uses its Infrared technology for its Air View application, does anyone know if we would be able to utilize Air View on the HTC One or if there is an similar application?

derrick8 said:
I was reading that the Galaxy uses its Infrared technology for its Air View application, does anyone know if we would be able to utilize Air View on the HTC One or if there is an similar application?
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What does it do?

It has another sensor up front for that purpose I believe
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raptoro07 said:
What does it do?
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It uses sort of a hands free function: you can use your hand as a wave gesture to swipe pages horizontal/vertically, it has a feature that if you look away from a video it will automatically pause, etc.

Sounds like a useless gimmick. My Evo 3D had an overly sensitive screen, didn't always have to touch the screen, just be close, and it detected touch. It was pretty annoying.
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gk1984 said:
Sounds like a useless gimmick. My Evo 3D had an overly sensitive screen, didn't always have to touch the screen, just be close, and it detected touch. It was pretty annoying.
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Really, I didnt get the Evo 3D so never had the option of that software, man these commercials really make certain apps look brillant

derrick8 said:
Really, I didnt get the Evo 3D so never had the option of that software, man these commercials really make certain apps look brillant
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Lol it was more of a flaw... It was never intended to be like that but it would randomly register touches from your finger before you touched the screen.

derrick8 said:
It uses sort of a hands free function: you can use your hand as a wave gesture to swipe pages horizontal/vertically, it has a feature that if you look away from a video it will automatically pause, etc.
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If it did you wouldn't want it. The accuracy required to make these gestures reliable is way beyond the technology the S4 has in it, which is why reviewers say it's a gimmick. It either triggers when you don't want it, or doesn't when you do. You'd need something like a Kinect strapped to the top of your phone to really pull that off. The battery drain alone would be devastating.

Add in it likely won't function on any ported ROM or new versions of android. It will be very similar to the 3D where the drivers and other needed stuff won't be available to make it work. One reason I avoided Samsung.
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the S4 has a specific sensor just to the right of the earpiece speaker for the air gestures. its not as accurate as they make it seem just like the eye tracking isnt very good either. like previously stated its a gimmick. your average consumer is WOWED by stupid crap like that. i felt like an idiot swiping my hand in front of the phone and when using eye scrolling you have to physically tilt your head up and down. all the phone is doing is tracking the movement of your head and using your eyes as a focal point to base amount of movement off of. not to mention you cant be more than a foot or two from the sensor. if you wear glasses like me its really a pain. i guess the reflection in the lenses of the glasses makes it react funny. ive only played with the s4 for a couple days when ive been at my store but all in all im not impressed. im wondering if it will gradually learn your personal body movements and become more accurate. it seems like they took an S3 made the viewing area slightly bigger, new camera, and stupid gesture sensor. if it worked as well as Tony Starks stuff it might be worth playing with lol. even then though its not practical its just something that looks neat when you can get it to work. you can also use Svoice from the lock screen so say you name your phone then hold home key say name so svoice will launch then you say name again to start a command. the ability to launch from lock screen makes me wonder if it will have security issues like the S3 did. i also feel like me having to address the device twice in a row is dumb. i should say "S4 call ...." or "S4 launch ...." not say "s4" wait for svoice "S4 call...." or "S4" wait a few secs "S4 launch...." again i felt like an idiot standing there making swipes and repeatedly saying "S4..." thats just what i named the one at our store. i like google now bc i launch it then say "google" it beeps i say "search target.com for..." and it goes. i wish it worked better as a launcher for apps or taking appointments, sending emails, texts, ect.. i will say svoice has that going for it.
in the end im still holding out for black 64gb HTC One. im getting ready to make a sacrifice to cellphone gods if i dont hear something official soon.

xanmanz31 said:
i wish it worked better as a launcher for apps or taking appointments, sending emails, texts, ect.. i will say svoice has that going for it.
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Google Now can do all of those things.

Seems like more of a headache than it's worth trying to get it on the HTC One.

HTC ONE - Lag/Stutter fix?

Hi,
I've had some really bad experience with the HTC One and Android overall in the last few years.
Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S, then going through the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3, and now HTC One, I've got one thing that really annoys me. The stutter/lag in every single third party apps. I tried doing many things, like enabling 'force gpu rendering', and changing roms, but I could never get rid of that 'lag'. Many people don't see it as a problem, but it is really annoying for me as an iPhone user, where my 4S is extremely fluid and stutter free compared to the One. Now, some people have told me that going from an iPhone to Android will mean that things like this will be apparent for me instantly, and they will annoy me. But I can't believe that this is the case with all Android phones, I mean after all they all cost just as much as iPhone does, so they should work just as well?
I really like android as an operating system, iOS is too closed. So I'd rather not go back to the iPhone for that, but the lag and bad animations bother me so much that I am actually considering returning the One.
So my question is - is there anything I can do to get rid of the stutter/lag ?

chris_abr said:
Hi,
I've had some really bad experience with the HTC One and Android overall in the last few years.
Starting with the Samsung Galaxy S, then going through the HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S3, and now HTC One, I've got one thing that really annoys me. The stutter/lag in every single third party apps. I tried doing many things, like enabling 'force gpu rendering', and changing roms, but I could never get rid of that 'lag'. Many people don't see it as a problem, but it is really annoying for me as an iPhone user, where my 4S is extremely fluid and stutter free compared to the One. Now, some people have told me that going from an iPhone to Android will mean that things like this will be apparent for me instantly, and they will annoy me. But I can't believe that this is the case with all Android phones, I mean after all they all cost just as much as iPhone does, so they should work just as well?
I really like android as an operating system, iOS is too closed. So I'd rather not go back to the iPhone for that, but the lag and bad animations bother me so much that I am actually considering returning the One.
So my question is - is there anything I can do to get rid of the stutter/lag ?
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Yes Android Does have bug and lag but its getting a lot better compare to 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 4.0 4.1 4.2 each update has improved whole OS bit better, but still needs more time to mature but same time İOS or Windows Phone is very limited so i assume more thing to do means more codes and more codes mean more fault. İ have HTC One and İphone 5 but HTC One feels faster than İphone 5 in my eyes but another fact is Android needs more power so maybe next chipsets like S800 or Tegra 4 may make transaction more smoother. Android is not best idea on budget smartphone cos as i said needs more power.
There are a lot of rumours that Android Key Lime Pime will be more smoother and less power hungry need to wait and see but enjoy whole experience of android its free and open its getting better every day
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As a past user of an iPhone 4s and current user of a HTC one, lag is way more prevalent in the 4s.Examples 1.Open the app store. 2. Switch between apps a couple times. 3. Swipe to the search screen. The one never lags for me. Ever. I'm a pretty intensive user with lots of apps running at once. Not to mention the speed at which the one works compared to the iPhone. It still has awesome animations but does them faster. Seriously you must have some rogue app going crazy in the background or something.
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I have the same feeling.
I've owned over 10 android devices and an iPhone 4 and 5, and when I'm on an iPhone I hate that I'm not able to do anything... and while when I'm on an Android phone I LOATHE the constant stutter/lag/inconcistancy.
You can't have your cake and eat it too... I guess.
EDIT: To answer your quesion: no, you can't.
EDIT2: just thought of WebOS, smooth, whith it's modding repositories *starts wheeping*

chris_abr said:
Now, some people have told me that going from an iPhone to Android will mean that things like this will be apparent for me instantly, and they will annoy me. But I can't believe that this is the case with all Android phones, I mean after all they all cost just as much as iPhone does, so they should work just as well?
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You need to give some examples of apps, situations which lag or stutter for me Android is pretty fluid (with the exeption of chrome)

godutch said:
You need to give some examples of apps, situations which lag or stutter for me Android is pretty fluid (with the exeption of chrome)
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hold an iPhone and an android phone side by side, the difference will be noticeble to everyone.

I think the OP is referring to apps that haven't yet been optimized for the 1920x1080 screen of the One and the S4. Animations such as those in Words with Friends look jerky in comparison with the iOS counterpart. It may be something you'll need to learn to live with. With Android phones of all different sizes out there, you're never going to get 100% app compatibility.

jodeltje said:
hold an iPhone and an android phone side by side, the difference will be noticeble to everyone.
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Like I said I can' t see any stutter or lag, not in the default apps or sense at least

Well that is what my iFriends say - it stutters!!!!1 How can you not see that???? And yes, sometimes I do see it, and it is annoying.
Some of us are more sensitive, some don't even notice. Most of the time I think it is because of loading content while scrolling. If you open a web page, or any internet dependent app, it will pull new content when you scroll to the end, an then inevitably some time is spent on arranging layout, loading jpegs and so on. iOS does it in advance, and is even making some kind of thumbnails all over system to smooth that out.
Could be wrong, but that is my conclusion so far.

Dac0908 said:
Well that is what my iFriends say - it stutters!!!!1 How can you not see that???? And yes, sometimes I do see it, and it is annoying.
Some of us are more sensitive, some don't even notice. Most of the time I think it is because of loading content while scrolling. If you open a web page, or any internet dependent app, it will pull new content when you scroll to the end, an then inevitably some time is spent on arranging layout, loading jpegs and so on. iOS does it in advance, and is even making some kind of thumbnails all over system to smooth that out.
Could be wrong, but that is my conclusion so far.
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like I said you need to give some specific examples of lag or stutter because I can't see it, not in sense nor in the stock apps. I can see lag and stutter for example in chrome (and new opera) but stock (and opera classic) are smooth, app drawer buttery smooth, settings buttery smooth, whatsapp smooth, blinkfeed smooth

Well I don't know now, really. Trying to forget about it, but name of this thread reminded me again
As I said - internet apps, not in system. Facebook, Engadget, Instagram, Cracked app... almost all third party web apps, not really important ones. It is app design flaw of some kind, you cant see that in system or system apps which are better made. On the bright side, this effect was horrible on LG O2x, which could just confirm my theory - One can load and arrange on-the-fly required data quicker.
It's not hard to understand that this effect is really not what anyone who bought the best Android device at the moment wants to see, no matter who's fault it is. Maybe that is the price we pay for system openness, and if that is the case - not a problem at all.

Dac0908 said:
Well I don't know now, really. Trying to forget about it, but name of this thread reminded me again
As I said - internet apps, not in system. Facebook, Engadget, Instagram, Cracked app... almost all third party web apps, not really important ones. It is app design flaw of some kind, you cant see that in system or system apps which are better made. On the bright side, this effect was horrible on LG O2x, which could just confirm my theory - One can load and arrange on-the-fly required data quicker.
It's not hard to understand that this effect is really not what anyone who bought the best Android device at the moment wants to see, no matter who's fault it is. Maybe that is the price we pay for system openness, and if that is the case - not a problem at all.
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oh I don' t use any of those apps, mostly the stock ones and google apps and these are all buttery smooth (with the exception of chrome and sometime the play store).
I think these laggy apps all use webkit to draw their UI, webkit will lag the UI when loading, even on a powerful desktop. One of the chrome devs congrateluted opera, when the switched to webkit how fluid they had made opera when presto was still loading, something which they hadn't figured out to do yet

what version of android do you have? i noticed stuttering in third party apps on 4.1.2, but was fixed in 4.2.2
i use tubemate, and it was unusable on 4.1.2, now it works perfectly

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what version of android do you have? i noticed stuttering in third party apps on 4.1.2, but was fixed in 4.2.2
i use tubemate, and it was unusable on 4.1.2, now it works perfectly
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I'm currently on stock 4.1.2 from HTC, the European version for the HTC_001. I've also tried the Android Revolution HD 4.2.2, but the problem still persisted. It was better, but still not 'buttery smooth'.
As to when it happens - Sense is largely ok, when swiping through the screens you can't really see any lag. Unless going between the app launcher and the blinkfeed.
But it's mostly other apps, such as even the stock web browser, thet just stutter and lag when on some simple webpages, such as google, full amazon website, my banks, lloyds tsb, and pretty much every single web page is just slow and stutters when scrolling. Not to mention XDA-Developers, because this website is just on another level of stutter. lol
I've tried firefox, chrome, stock browser, and all of them have the same problem.
There are also apps, facebook, even the keyboard lags!
Now, I don't know about you, but I think it's the resolution that causes the problem. I'd rather have lower resolution with say, 300 ppi, which is not really noticeably worse than that of the One, and at the same time have an OS that does not suffer from these problems.
Because in all honesty, the ONE is actually more stuttery than SGS 1 was.. Now, that just can't be right!
I'm still hoping that somebody will come up with something that can fix it.
Because I'm really sensitive about this stuff myself, and love the idea of android at the same time. Not to mention the hardware of ONE.
But when using the phone, it immediately feels cheap and badly made when simple things like that occur on a phone costing as much as a 15 year old car!
So I think it'll be back to the iPhone for now. My contract on it ends in a year, so let's hope Google does some magic with Android, and maybe forces manufacturers to release properly optimized software. But I fear that's just wishful thinking.

chris_abr said:
...the ONE is actually more stuttery than SGS 1 was.. Now, that just can't be right!
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You said it yourself, that can't be right.
chris_abr said:
...But when using the phone, it immediately feels cheap and badly made when simple things like that occur on a phone costing as much as a 15 year old car!
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You have an interesting way of exaggerating prices. I bought mine from Hong Kong, so maybe mine cost as much as a 14 year old car. Or perhaps a 15 year old car in good condition? Or maybe just within the range of usual Flagship phone prices?
If you're getting stuttering with certain apps, don't use them. Poorly made apps usually have alternatives.
So far, the only big app I'm getting stuttering with is the Chrome/Chrome Beta app. It would be nice if it wasn't there but, thanks to features like data compression saving me roughly 50% on data use, I can look past it. I also get it with the facebook app, but that is such a **** app.
There are probably some other apps I get it with but, to be completely honest, lag and stuttering hasn't been noticeable in my daily use. This phone is fast as hell... Faster even than a 15 year old car. What a deal!
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ataft said:
You have an interesting way of exaggerating prices. I bought mine from Hong Kong, so maybe mine cost as much as a 14 year old car. Or perhaps a 15 year old car in good condition? Or maybe just within the range of usual Flagship phone prices?
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haha!
What I was trying to say, that these phones cost extremely high amounts of money, and yet don't work properly.
I mean, having used Lumia 520 a few weeks ago for a few days, I can safely say that I would recommend that over the One, simply on the 'niceness of use'. And that phone costs £100 in the UK.. One costs over £450 at the cheapest.
As to the apps - I get that, but if you read my post, you'd know that I mentioned all of the popular apps, I try to stay away from the lesser known developers, as they tend not to do so much testing on their apps, and thus providing a terrible experience most of the time (not so much on iOS, as Apple does a lot of testing before they put the app up on the market, something that would be nice to have on android too).

chris_abr said:
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But it's mostly other apps, such as even the stock web bowser, thet just stutter and lag when on some simple webpages, such as google, full amazon website, my banks, lloyds tsb, and pretty much every single web page is just slow and stutters when scrolling. Not to mention XDA-Developers, because this website is just on another level of stutter. lol
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some sites lag in some browsers some sites in all, some sites even lag on my powerful core i5 laptop running windows 8, sometimes it' s bug in the browser, sometimes a bug in the website. I'll bet you you will come across laggy sites on the iphone too. XDA is buttery smooth for me though (at least the forum, which I always watch in compact view and I hated the contextual search so I disabled that in forum preferences)

Honestly I've used android from the start back when the g1 was released. Going from that to the g2 now the HTC one. Even on my g2 on some Roms I barley had lag issues now on the one I don't see any stutter or lag or slow downs.. But I guess that's just me.
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I guess we can both be happy that are devices aren't as bad as the OP
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I don't think it's a problem with my particular device though.
I've watched many reviews online, and the very same things that happened on my device were happening on those being reviewed.
Things like:
When browsing google images, you open one image and then swipe to look at the next one, htc one starts to render an animation and then 1/4th of the way just stutters to the picture. On the iPhone it's just a nice, fluid animation.
Another, the original keyboard is rather bad, you press a key, and the pop up with letter comes on, you depress the key and the preview is still there for at least half a second.
Also, a more general one - when you install something from the play store and try to browse for another app on it at the same time - it stutters beyond belief.
And sense one - where are the animations when closing an app/window? I feel like using windows Vista on a 2005 pc with 1gb ram..
It's very small things, but they do not happen on the iPhone, and I just feel like the experience is more pleasurable and consistent on iOS. Not to mention WP, which is even faster than iOS in my opinion.
The iPhone and WP may not be faster hardware wise, or performance wise even, but the animation, and transitions between doing things are just incredibly badly implemented on Android.
I'd rather see it being done like on the iPhone - when the phone is installing or doing something in the background, that action stops when you try and use the phone. That way, it may perform worse, and install the app slower, but the experience is really good, and no stutter occurs. Whereas android sort of tries to do everything at the same time.
But again, that may be just me being very bothered about things like this, most people don't see it as a problem, but it annoys the hell out of me, hence this thread. I was hoping that there is some tweak for the One that makes the experience more pleasurable whilst maybe decreasing the performance a little.