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New MyTouch 3G Owner here , just switched from a unlocked and jailbroken 16GB 3G iPhone. Got tired of not having 3G, i mean the phone is awesome, just got bored with it. And you need to jailbreak in order to customize.
So basically, I was on the market, and noticed themes, i downloaded one but said i needed GDE, sorry but i am new to this phone. And i heard you can do actual ROMS, but stuff like gtalk, and other main features of the phone wont work. This is why i got rid of the iPhone, i dont really wanna root, just want a cool theme like the xRoms, but i know i need extra widgets.
What can i do to make this happen?
still no answer
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New MyTouch 3G Owner here , just switched from a unlocked and jailbroken 16GB 3G iPhone. Got tired of not having 3G, i mean the phone is awesome, just got bored with it. And you need to jailbreak in order to customize.
So basically, I was on the market, and noticed themes, i downloaded one but said i needed GDE, sorry but i am new to this phone. And i heard you can do actual ROMS, but stuff like gtalk, and other main features of the phone wont work. This is why i got rid of the iPhone, i dont really wanna root, just want a cool theme like the xRoms, but i know i need extra widgets.
What can i do to make this happen?
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If you look on the market there are applications called aHome and dxTop which are home alternatives that allow you to theme your mytouch without actually having to root it.
I have played with both and actually liked both but decided the world of ROMS are so much better and worth it. If you ever decide on going that route feel free to pm me for any help. i am by NO MEANS an expert but have learned from here and can point you in the right direction.
Hope that helped.
Hey na_rsx
That theme you downloaded requires a program called GDE, its another home replacement application, should be available in the market. But like djflipnautikz said dxtop, aHome or OpenHome are other good ones aswell, just install em have a play and decide which you like the best.
The roms are best way to go though and is no where near as daunting as you might think and you don't lose any functionality if you pick your ROM well
djflipnautikz said:
If you look on the market there are applications called aHome and dxTop which are home alternatives that allow you to theme your mytouch without actually having to root it.
I have played with both and actually liked both but decided the world of ROMS are so much better and worth it. If you ever decide on going that route feel free to pm me for any help. i am by NO MEANS an expert but have learned from here and can point you in the right direction.
Hope that helped.
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I know ROM's are so much better, i actually want the Hero ROM, but isn't it true that if you do a ROM you lose a lot of features that basically makes the phone useless. I check out ahome and dxTop and dabble with it.
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Hey na_rsx
That theme you downloaded requires a program called GDE, its another home replacement application, should be available in the market. But like djflipnautikz said dxtop, aHome or OpenHome are other good ones aswell, just install em have a play and decide which you like the best.
The roms are best way to go though and is no where near as daunting as you might think and you don't lose any functionality if you pick your ROM well
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i did a search on GDE but nothing shows up, I would love to do a ROM, but i use GTalk a lot, i mean if you can link me to some good tutorials and recommend a ROM that would not lose all my abilities i am all for it. I could unlock and jaibreak iPhones like no ones business, so i am sure rooting wont be as difficult.
na_rsx, search on the forums about changing your rom but personally Ive used cyanogenmod roms for a good while without trouble and I use services like Gtalk, gmail, google calendar etc every single day, everything that works on the stock phone works on the modded one with addition of some stuff that isnt available on a stock phone yet =o)
This isn't iPhone where you get nerfed for making modifications
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na_rsx, search on the forums about changing your rom but personally Ive used cyanogenmod roms for a good while without trouble and I use services like Gtalk, gmail, google calendar etc every single day, everything that works on the stock phone works on the modded one with addition of some stuff that isnt available on a stock phone yet =o)
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Hey i just did a search and got a bunch of results, to many for a noob like me to handle, is there a link for a cyanogenmod hero rom, i really want that rom
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thanks for teh headsup
Take some time and read these two links:
Newbie resource links
HTC Sapphire Hacking
I was intimidated in the beginning, but I took the time to read...and I am so glad I did. I came from the iPhone as well. Feel free to PM me with any questions. There is a lot to be learned here if you take the time to learn about it.
Will spb work on the xoom?
That would be sweet!!
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No, it says "device not supported" after it flashes the desktop for a second.
Looks good for that split second though.
Pretty sick interface, might grab it for tmy Thunderbolt
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Pretty sick interface, might grab it for tmy Thunderbolt
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Despite the missing options (which I'm sure will come eventually) I loved it on my thunder bolt. I had to uninstall though as it was raping my already fragile battery.
Looking forward to running it on my xoom though and hopefully my tbolt again if they can make it suck less juice.
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Despite the missing options (which I'm sure will come eventually) I loved it on my thunder bolt. I had to uninstall though as it was raping my already fragile battery.
Looking forward to running it on my xoom though and hopefully my tbolt again if they can make it suck less juice.
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Thanks, I will probably reconsider the purchase. Love the bolt but the battery could be better.
Did you guys not install it from the market, or did you just ignore the release notes? It states that tablets aren't supported.
Thats wierd. I see no changes in battery life with SPB launcher on my NexusS running CM7 rom.
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Despite the missing options (which I'm sure will come eventually) I loved it on my thunder bolt. I had to uninstall though as it was raping my already fragile battery.
Looking forward to running it on my xoom though and hopefully my tbolt again if they can make it suck less juice.
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I have SPB shell for my DroidX and I can verify that it does not install on my Xoom. I tried side loading and adb install and both times the installation failed. I think the 3D shell would look great on the Xoom but overall, I find the functionality pretty poor compared to the free launchers out there. I bought it on an impulse and I'll keep it in case a tablet version is released but once you start to configure it, it really is lacking in functionality.
It seems to be working on mine...
I didn't install from the market and I will send the apk if you want.
I loaded it on my N1 last night and it promptly quit working after it couldn't find a market purchase, so disable all data before installing the apk. Supposedly the app checks the market every hour until it can confirm a receipt, and I heard there is a command line you can send via adb to disable it from further checking, but I haven't seen it yet.
I heard that it is horrible. Lags and no scrollable widgets?
The widgets worked fine for me, but the graphics sucked ass. It just doesn't flow as smoothly as I wanted. Even SPB MS 3.5 on my Rhodium is smoother!
yeah I just tried the newer version on my zoom and it does work. Not very good though. Wallpaper is horribly pixelated as are the Widgets. Animations aren't smooth and no landscape amongst other issues. Hopefully they release a honeycomb version at some point.
Well let's see if their Tablet UI concept materializes in the not too distant future.
Now this is something I may pay for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bjPCyJk9ng
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Well let's see if their Tablet UI concept materializes in the not too distant future.
Now this is something I may pay for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bjPCyJk9ng
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Damn that's awesome. The pinching home screen would be real slick!
It looked slick over a year ago for Android Phones (the one just released) as well and it does not seem to deliver. It is easy to make an animation of what you would like something to be. Not trying to be negative but I have already seen this before with the Android Phones version long ago. I used SPB Mobile shell on Windows Mobile and it was awesome. But I do not think they are getting it with Android.
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did anybody got this working on they tablet, i going crazy to get it on my phone there is the tablet option.
SPB on Xoom
I purchased 1.5.1 for my HTC Desire, and, of course, attempted to install on my Xoom. No go. Install worked fine, but wouldn't home switch.
I had, however, previously installed a 1.2.?, and it worked great, until I had to hit home button again, in which case it wouldn't allow me to select SPB as my launcher. I have to say, the outlay was fantastic, along with the eye candy and the overall slickness of it. It was great.
I REALLY hope they mod this for the tablets!
I can't remember how I got this to work but it wasn't easy and it looked lame... has to be default launcher.. prepare for some soft bricks.
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Yes, it works beautifully. To use it you have to have it on phone first, backup app in astro, and then put the apk on your Xoom. The latest version (1.5.1) works more smoothly than stock.
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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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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?
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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?
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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...
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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.
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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.
Does anyone use LauncherPro as a Stage UI replacement (on Froyo 2.2.2)?
Or can anyone help with replacing Stage UI - I'm rooted but I don't really want to install an entire new ROM just to change the launcher?
TIA
docfreed said:
Does anyone use LauncherPro as a Stage UI replacement (on Froyo 2.2.2)?
Or can anyone help with replacing Stage UI - I'm rooted but I don't really want to install an entire new ROM just to change the launcher?
TIA
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You have quite a few options out there, LauncherPro being one of them. All you need is a home replacement app. I'm currently running Zeam. It's smooth, free, and very configurable. I have it set for 6x6 rows x columns, and it scales perfectly for the Streak 7. It doesn't have a lot of frills, but I don't like frills so it's great! (I prefer to just install 1000 widgets of my choosing.)
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There's also LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, Regina (only works in portrait mode, though), etc. Lots and lots of options, out there; none of which require root.
Ah, Thanks But...
I've used Zeam on my rooted Nook Color - unfortunately, the link (or rather the market) will not let me install Zeam on my Streak. IDK why - How did you get it installed? I do have the Zeam 2.95 apk - is that the version that you use?
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I've used Zeam on my rooted Nook Color - unfortunately, the link (or rather the market) will not let me install Zeam on my Streak. IDK why - How did you get it installed? I do have the Zeam 2.95 apk - is that the version that you use?
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Yes, that's the version I use. I gave the market link for the in-browser market; just search for "zeam" in the Market app on your Streak and you'll find it. I installed it from the Market app on my Streak 7.
Using launcher pro mainly because I already paid for it for other devices.
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Using launcher pro mainly because I already paid for it for other devices.
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It should be easy; when I installed it, the first time I launched it the system asked if I wanted it to be used as the shell. There was a checkbox for always use, and that was all there was to do.
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Z4nd4r said:
You have quite a few options out there, LauncherPro being one of them. All you need is a home replacement app. I'm currently running Zeam. It's smooth, free, and very configurable. I have it set for 6x6 rows x columns, and it scales perfectly for the Streak 7. It doesn't have a lot of frills, but I don't like frills so it's great! (I prefer to just install 1000 widgets of my choosing.)
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There's also LauncherPro, ADW Launcher, Regina (only works in portrait mode, though), etc. Lots and lots of options, out there; none of which require root.
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That link says that Zeam is not available for my streak 7. I use it on my streak 5, and love it. Any chance you can post the apk file for Zeam for streak 7?
rvbarton said:
That link says that Zeam is not available for my streak 7. I use it on my streak 5, and love it. Any chance you can post the apk file for Zeam for streak 7?
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That's bizarre. I just launched the Market, searched for ZEAM, did a download and install, launched it, clicked the "always use" checkbox, and VIOLA' - no more Stage UI (I hated that thing...)
Thank you points for Z4nd4r!
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That's bizarre. I just launched the Market, searched for ZEAM, did a download and install, launched it, clicked the "always use" checkbox, and VIOLA' - no more Stage UI (I hated that thing...)
Thank you points for Z4nd4r!
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I'm on the wifi only version running honeycomb. Maybe that's the difference.
It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.
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It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.
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Hence my original post.... Do you have threadlike, pecan you link to it?
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It might be because he's replying to a year old thread, zeam likely fixed compability with HC a long time ago.
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Actually I was replying to a 3 day old post by rvbarton - who is obviously still having problems getting Zeam on his Streak. I just finished installing it on mine 10 minutes before replying to his post...
Oh whoops, i misred the date on his first post, thought it said jan 2011 and not jan 2012.
Checked it on market and it's not compatable with my S7 on HC either, are you still on 2.2 RCounts? That might be why
Though the screenshots show it works on ICS, perhaps they simply dont support tabs,
(in the eyes of the market, S7 with HC = tablet, S& with froyo = sorta-phone)
Yeah, I'm still on Froyo. I just got mine and its a t-mobile. So far all I've done is unlock it , and at this point I'm not confident enough to try the HC upgrade...
if you update you wont be able to auto update zeam afterwards as its not compatible with HC, but I doubt it'll auto uninstall it
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if you update you wont be able to auto update zeam afterwards as its not compatible with HC, but I doubt it'll auto uninstall it
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Not sure that I will bother with the update to HC. Zeam got rid of that horrible Stage UI for me, and that was one of the main advantages to HC IMO. Is HC even worth the trouble? Especially now that the Stage UI is dead, and there are so many more apps that are compatible with Froyo that aren't with HC (Zeam being one example)?
I know you are really knowledgable about HC since you wrote the udate guide. If I inderstand it correctly, in order to install HC on my t-mobile, I first have to install a recovery.img file for a non-t-mobile 4G, THEN the update.pkg for HC, and if I skip the restore.img step the update will fail with a FOTA mismatch. Is that correct?
Yea and yea on the update part. Someone on 2.2 must use the recs provided on the 506/7 update page, they cant boot a stock 5xx/3.2 recovery because of the changes in 5xx
There arnt many people that actively choose to remain on 2.2, but everyone's allowed their own opinion.
Mine is that the s7 wasnt worth buying until HC, and incidentally I just happened to get mine days after official HC. Going to update to ICS and try and break stuff now.
I've had the S5 and I can more or less guess what the S7 would feel like without HC and I know I wouldnt have liked it. But just as much I dont have any apps that only work on 2.x and not hc, so I dont have to worry about that.
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Yea and yea on the update part. Someone on 2.2 must use the recs provided on the 506/7 update page, they cant boot a stock 5xx/3.2 recovery because of the changes in 5xx
There arnt many people that actively choose to remain on 2.2, but everyone's allowed their own opinion.
Mine is that the s7 wasnt worth buying until HC, and incidentally I just happened to get mine days after official HC. Going to update to ICS and try and break stuff now.
I've had the S5 and I can more or less guess what the S7 would feel like without HC and I know I wouldnt have liked it. But just as much I dont have any apps that only work on 2.x and not hc, so I dont have to worry about that.
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My biggest concern is with the potential to brick it. I'm especially uncertain about the first part of the process - setting up the fastboot and installing the non t-mobile recovery.img. Is there any way to make it a recovery.pkg or otherwise put it on the device itself so that it will install from the SD card like the update.pkg file?
What are the other benefits of HC? What makes it so much better than Froyo? Is the battery life that much better? If its really worthwhile I might be persuaded to do the update...
I would say to make a nvflash and you'll always have something to restore to, but you cant really make a simple guide out of it, you pretty much MUST learn how to use it to correctly use it.
The biggest difference is the UI, HC is designed around 120 dpi (which the S7 uses) and makes much better use of the space allotted.
HC native apps do not even use the menu button and long pressing stuff is rather rare. It's nearly night and day UI/UX wise.
Even the little things like the new notification tray is completely different from the tray in 2.x (or 4.0 using the phone UI)
The S5 @120 dpi nowhere near compares as 2.2/2.3 are not very efficient with their space, there's plenty of room for a lot more buttons, but you're still forced to access everything from the menu button or long press stuff.
Battery wise, I believe it's slightly better then 3xx/2.2, but it's still not amazing.
It's not a perfect upgrade, as you've seen with zeam and the like, but for me it's benefits far outweigh the drawbacks.
The majority of apps are still not HC/ICS native either, but once more ICS devices roll out they'll automatically be able to take advantage of the tab UI much better. (Anything with ICS and supports tabs automatically also support HC)
Forgive me if this is ignorant but does the CM release for encore really need to come packaged with the phone, camera, texting etc apps even thpigh its not a phone? I understand you can remove them through ADB so my question is, why is it part of the release in the first place? Also, (all of this is judt out of curiosoty) after looking at the nightly changelog, why are nightlies with changes that dont apply to the NC released as a NC nightly???
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Moriarty, I have to agree. It looks like bloat-ware and when you see the phone icon in the launcher I was all confused at first being only a nook owner for 1 week. After looking around, I found Phiremod faster than CM7, but to be honest, being a noob, i havent found a singly package that comes in a .img file that is "awesome" for the nookcolor.
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Moriarty, I have to agree. It looks like bloat-ware and when you see the phone icon in the launcher I was all confused at first being only a nook owner for 1 week. After looking around, I found Phiremod faster than CM7, but to be honest, being a noob, i havent found a singly package that comes in a .img file that is "awesome" for the nookcolor.
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I highly doubt Phiremod is faster than CM7 considering it's a themed CM7 with a few preinstalled apps....
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Forgive me if this is ignorant but does the CM release for encore really need to come packaged with the phone, camera, texting etc apps even thpigh its not a phone? I understand you can remove them through ADB so my question is, why is it part of the release in the first place? Also, (all of this is judt out of curiosoty) after looking at the nightly changelog, why are nightlies with changes that dont apply to the NC released as a NC nightly???
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They are there, because they allow us to see most of the apps on the market. As it is, i am not sure why so many people fuss over these apps; they don't effect us, use battery, etc.
And Phriemod.... pff... all Phridemod was (since it isn't really active anymore) is just a CM7 with a theme. If it were faster, it was luck...
Divine_Madcat said:
They are there, because they allow us to see most of the apps on the market. As it is, i am not sure why so many people fuss over these apps; they don't effect us, use battery, etc.
And Phriemod.... pff... all Phridemod was (since it isn't really active anymore) is just a CM7 with a theme. If it were faster, it was luck...
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Words of wisdom lol. You need those to get all the market apps to show.
Maybe someone could write up a quick app to remove them though, I can't myself (and don't care to learn your something like that) but I'm sure it wouldn't be to difficult.
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SCrid2000 said:
Words of wisdom lol. You need those to get all the market apps to show.
Maybe someone could write up a quick app to remove them though, I can't myself (and don't care to learn your something like that) but I'm sure it wouldn't be to difficult.
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You can remove them with Titanium Backup (but they will reappear if you flash a new ROM).
bigbob23 said:
You can remove them with Titanium Backup (but they will reappear if you flash a new ROM).
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What I meant was an app that would delete them all with just one click but yes, Titanium is great for that job. Root Explorer can do it too.
B_Moriarty said:
Forgive me if this is ignorant but does the CM release for encore really need to come packaged with the phone, camera, texting etc apps even thpigh its not a phone? I understand you can remove them through ADB so my question is, why is it part of the release in the first place? Also, (all of this is judt out of curiosoty) after looking at the nightly changelog, why are nightlies with changes that dont apply to the NC released as a NC nightly???
Thanks,
Moriarty
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I believe that is because CM7 is one large development project that attempts to push Gingerbread to the limits. The various tablet/phone modders then take it and tweak it to run smoothly on the unit (Nook). If they stripped out all the camera, phone, etc apps, they would have to spend time doing that each time the main CM7 was updated. In addition, some of these apps at some point actually might work with the Nook, such as the camera app when, when additional hardware is found such as web cams, microphones, etc.
Having said that, it would probably make a lot of sense to strip them all out when a stable release is posted so that people who have no need can install that release and others can continue with the nightlies.
patruns said:
Having said that, it would probably make a lot of sense to strip them all out when a (device specific) stable release is posted so that people who have no need can install that release and others can continue with the nightlies.
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I know we're in Nook Color subforum, and it's implied that that's the device we're talking about, but that should be pointed out since the Nook Color isn't the only device running CyanogenMod.
I have a feeling this will always be an end user activity, however, because including the apps apparently opens up apps in the market you wouldn't otherwise see. I would think the people releasing the Mod would lean towards giving you all the options they can get away with, and leaving it up to you to close whatever doors you don't want to walk through.
Until someone makes, (or makes known an existing) market fooling application that will enable the apps you wouldn't see without having the .apks installed.
A really quick "fix" is to use something like Launcher Pro. I have had it installed since basically day one, and I have used it to hide those applications. Seriously, until this thread, I really did forget they are even installed.
I have hidden:
Camera
Car Home
Email
Latitude
Messaging
Phone
Sound Recorder
Voice Dialer
Nburnes said:
A really quick "fix" is to use something like Launcher Pro. I have had it installed since basically day one, and I have used it to hide those applications. Seriously, until this thread, I really did forget they are even installed.
I have hidden:
Camera
Car Home
Email
Latitude
Messaging
Phone
Sound Recorder
Voice Dialer
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Yeah, this.. Plus a bunch of other apps that insist on having launchers, like some Live Wallpapers, widgets, etc.. Because users are idiots and give 1 star if they can't "open" a Market download.
Divine_Madcat said:
And Phriemod.... pff... all Phridemod was (since it isn't really active anymore) is just a CM7 with a theme. If it were faster, it was luck...
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Why do you knock phiremod that much? Is it really that bad and not worth considering? I have used it and thought it was cleaner than CM7 but there are other releases that I wouldn't mind trying like muiu something similar to that name.
It's just CM7 with some theme. Not like some great development like DM's and DB's Honeycomb, CyanogenMod's CM7, etc. Plus, it's basically been abandoned.
phez said:
Why do you knock phiremod that much? Is it really that bad and not worth considering? I have used it and thought it was cleaner than CM7 but there are other releases that I wouldn't mind trying like muiu something similar to that name.
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Because it has caused such confusion for devs here, and it is just silly. People looked at it like it was a different rom, when it was nothing more than a few nightlies that got themed. There is no actual work on the rom.. its all cosmetic. Even worse, is because of the delay in "releases", it really fell behind while CM7 was gaining steam (to the point where they were even using different kernels).
Perhaps i am too.... "mean", but i just call it like i see it at times. I apologize for urking some people; its just the way I am. I think people have a much better experience using CM7 and theming it as they want, rather than the pre-made stuff.
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Because it has caused such confusion for devs here, and it is just silly. People looked at it like it was a different rom, when it was nothing more than a few nightlies that got themed. There is no actual work on the rom.. its all cosmetic. Even worse, is because of the delay in "releases", it really fell behind while CM7 was gaining steam (to the point where they were even using different kernels).
Perhaps i am too.... "mean", but i just call it like i see it at times. I apologize for urking some people; its just the way I am. I think people have a much better experience using CM7 and theming it as they want, rather than the pre-made stuff.
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FWIW, I'm not a big fan of the rom either. I don't like it when folks replace all strings matching "CyanogenMod" with their custom name, slap on a different theme and bundle a few apps available in the market and then ask for donations.
I'm not going to try to stop anyone from doing it and I'm not going to get upset about it but I don't necessarily like it.
Since Phiremod himshelf decided to move away from this forum for his own reasons, I dont think its nice to listen only one side on this matter.
Anyway, its a matter of free decision.If U like Phiremod and its look, go with it.Or if U like other Roms, free to go.