[Q] Port TW4 from SGS2 to SGS - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I would like to have Touchwiz 4 on my I9000, i don't like the Touchwiz 3 that is with XXjvu. I allso tried the TW 4.5. I see some custom rom have Touchwiz 4 in it.
How can I port Touchwiz 4 from SGS2 to SGS. I thought someone would have done it I searched alot but I can't find any resources about it.
Could someone lead me in the right direction
T-ron

Tw 4 will probably make your phone freeze like it did for me. I tried few versions on few Gb roms and had same issue. I would suggest you just to pick one of alternative launchers from market.
They 'll give you more options, they're lighter and they wont freeze your phone.

TouchWiz 4 will eat all your RAM, it's very RAM hungry and will redraw always. That's why people here don't bother anymore porting it...

search for hawkish premium rom and flash the latest version of the rom.. you will get your touchwiz4 without the phone freezing or slowing down!
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TW4 is cool, i always wanted it when i saw it....but believe me it will get pretty boring imo

nabil alami said:
TW4 is cool, i always wanted it when i saw it....but believe me it will get pretty boring imo
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try the hawkish rom..i have both sgs and a sgs2 and both of them run pretty much the same touchwiz..
actually it does get boring but also you get used to its simplicity that you wont like anythng else which is even a bit more complex
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kjshah said:
try the hawkish rom..i have both sgs and a sgs2 and both of them run pretty much the same touchwiz..
actually it does get boring but also you get used to its simplicity that you wont like anythng else which is even a bit more complex
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yea i did once try to flash the hawkish rom but it didn't work :/...but I'm a person who gets bored of the old thing fast loll thats why like i like to keep changing, the same thing is with roms..but i like the ics ui its pretty cool btw check out this awesome ui freakin AWSOME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU&list=FLUi34fgtSlXrOQdYuwB4RdA&index=3&feature=plpp_video

nabil alami said:
yea i did once try to flash the hawkish rom but it didn't work :/...but I'm a person who gets bored of the old thing fast loll thats why like i like to keep changing, the same thing is with roms..but i like the ics ui its pretty cool btw check out this awesome ui freakin AWSOME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYzYQ6YtepU&list=FLUi34fgtSlXrOQdYuwB4RdA&index=3&feature=plpp_video
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friggin awesome..!! *TSF*
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[Q] TouchWiz 3.0 VS 4.0?

Hi , i'd like to know, what are the huge advantages of having 4.0 instead of 3.0? are there many huge differences? tbh, i kind of like the look of 3. (like the black background on launcher etc)
but i see everyone going to 4.0..
what are the huge advantages?
is it slower than 3.0? does it require more RAM to run? can you have both?
It looks MUCH better. Just search for 'Touchwiz 4.5' here on XDA. It's a heavy modified version of the original TW4.
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Lunchbox115 said:
It looks MUCH better. Just search for 'Touchwiz 4.5' here on XDA. It's a heavy modified version of the original TW4.
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thanks forthe reply bt are tberebany performance differences?
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TW 4 is better than 3. Try TW 4.5, it´s great.
Proelio said:
TW 4 is better than 3. Try TW 4.5, it´s great.
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Cheers for that, but is 4,5 the official version, or is it the xda version
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4.5 is the modded XDA-version. Samsung didn't officially release TW4 for our SGS (only for SGS2).
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Some one could just answer the guy, isit(T4) faster and what are the benefits over Tw3, he,s just being told "touch 4.5" is great. Probably is but we arn't getting to the root.Can't you just see the guy sitting there, to embarrassed to ask 1 more time, lol,.....any one know , he he?
Well, he should just try TW4, there are some ROMs with it too. It looks better (in my opinion). I would not say that it's faster.
And he doesn't have to be ashamed, XDA is a big forum and forums are here that people can ask questions.
Yeh haha xD
thanks for the replies guys!
When i get my sgs as a backup i will be looking to install touchwoz 4.0 then, cheeers
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touchwiz 4/4.5 has loads of FC and its not stable for some users including me... even though its fast and smooth i still prefer launcher pro
definitelly TW4 is much better than TW3
- TW3 does not have the 5 icon dock (only modded versions do)
- TW4 has better environment for placing shortcuts, widgets, wallpapers
- TW4 has better options to organize apps in app drawer (folders)
- TW4 is easier to scroll to any desktop within a second
- TW4 needs more resourses, but e.g. on JUWE 5.1 and Talon kernel it is smooth
I have never tried the TW4.5
s3icc0 said:
definitelly TW4 is much better than TW3
- TW3 does not have the 5 icon dock (only modded versions do)
- TW4 has better environment for placing shortcuts, widgets, wallpapers
- TW4 has better options to organize apps in app drawer (folders)
- TW4 is easier to scroll to any desktop within a second
- TW4 needs more resourses, but e.g. on JUWE 5.1 and Talon kernel it is smooth
I have never tried the TW4.5
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thanks! So touchwiz 4 requires more ram?
It flies on the sgs2, but wondering how it would cope on the sgs1.
But thanks for the info!
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deadey3 said:
touchwiz 4/4.5 has loads of FC and its not stable for some users including me... even though its fast and smooth i still prefer launcher pro
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Thanks what does FC mean?
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FC = force close = when a program (app) stopps unexpected
Lunchbox115 said:
FC = force close = when a program (app) stopps unexpected
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Amen to that
olyloh6696 said:
thanks! So touchwiz 4 requires more ram?
It flies on the sgs2, but wondering how it would cope on the sgs1.
But thanks for the info!
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wonder no more: touchwiz 4.5 (you should probably get this one as opposed to touchwiz 4, but i can't since i haven't tried it) flies on sgsl as well; faster, in fact, than TW 3 (using xxkph, by the way; it's important because gingerbread adds 10 mb more to the ram)
it looks better, particularly 4.5 since i guess all those snazzy transition animations are xda's work (i've had hands-on time with the sgs 2 and those animations aren't there). and once you slap a theme over all of it...lets just say you're going to make your friends jealous
again, while i can't vouch for 4, 4.5 has one bug and it's that the stock samsung widgets won't work on it. it comes with a manager that lets you download fixed versions of those widgets AND sgs 2 widgets (all of them, except for calendar in my case, work)
trust me, take the jump to 4.5, you won't regret it (at least, i hope not )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061883

Touchwiz 4 for Samsung Epic 4g!

***PLEASE NOT I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED
DEVICES OR ANY ERRORS CAUSED BY FLASHING THIS
APP***​
Do you want TW4 on your Samsung
Epic? Yes you do. Believe me. Ever since I got my first
TouchWiz-powered device, I really hated it, and found myself
using other 3rd party launchers instead. But ever since I
upgraded to a rom that came with TW4, I immediatley found my
new launcher. It was love at first site. I've worked very hard to get
TW4 for all Epic 4g owners.
To install this amazing launcher, first
make sure you are rooted/deodexed. (but who isn't nowadays??)
Next, make sure you are on Clockwork v3.1.0.1 or higher. Wipe
cache and delvic cache 3 times. Don't wipe data unless you want
all your stuff to be gone (TW4 isn't worth THAT much) install the
.zip from your SD card, reboot your epic, and enjoy.​
Hasn't this been out for a while now or is this something different
So you basically stole this from someone else's work?
Congratulations. We've had TW4 already =)
Shoulon said:
So you basically stole this from someone else's work?
Congratulations. We've had TW4 already =)
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Yes what he said skeet skeet
Shoulon said:
So you basically stole this from someone else's work?
Congratulations. We've had TW4 already =)
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Pretty much, we've had this for over a month I think.
shane6374 said:
Pretty much, we've had this for over a month I think.
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Did they get a non buggy working version for our epics?
Last one I saw was awhile ago and buvgy as all heck lol
Just wondering?
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idk about u guys, but whenever i flash a TW4 launcher or theme i always get reboots and FC's, anyone have the same problems?
klyang88 said:
idk about u guys, but whenever i flash a TW4 launcher or theme i always get reboots and FC's, anyone have the same problems?
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I never flash tw4, I take the two apks, and place them in system/app, and remove the original tw, fix permissions in cwm, reboot
Idk if this is the same as the OP, but this is the most stable version I have found. So naturally, I saved it to my dropbox lol
http://db.tt/i38sjDp
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
I never used it because it doesn't scale right. At least at the resolution I'm at.
But way to flame right off the bat y'all. First post, let alone first thread. He's only been a member since the 19th.
Thank you for the thought! I did the same thing with MIUI music a few months ago.
If anything we should dog on you for not using the search function first.
Haha welcome to the forums!
EDIT: Actually now I'm surprised. You are rooted and on a custom ROM. You even put up a disclaimer! Experience...troll? Nah. Maybe you've been doing this for a long time? And just now made an account? TELLL MEEEE WHO YOU AREEEEEE?!?!?!
All the previous releases of TW4 for the epic never worked. If this is another attempt i welcome it, cuz it seems as everyone else gave up chasing the dream. I'll give it a shot.
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usagi111 said:
All the previous releases of TW4 for the epic never worked. If this is another attempt i welcome it, cuz it seems as everyone else gave up chasing the dream. I'll give it a shot.
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They worked just fine, for me atleast. Others did have problems however. If this is yor work, and not stolen, while not to my taste, thanks for TW4.
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I have been using Froggers version for over a month. For those that said it was buggy and they would get fc or lockups I had the same thing until EG22 and EH06. Since EG22 and EH06 came out it has been perfect. Not a single issue.
This seems pretty stable... However, i wiped the cache 3 times and flashed, nothing... So i extracted the apk, renamed it and replaced it using root explorer. Once again, the Program Monitor widget doesn't work, but it a small price to pay... Kudos!
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crawrj said:
I have been using Froggers version for over a month. For those that said it was buggy and they would get fc or lockups I had the same thing until EG22 and EH06. Since EG22 and EH06 came out it has been perfect. Not a single issue.
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I was using TW4.5 on EG22, then i tried the maddog TW4 theme addon, nothing but freezes.
This seem to be best so far... Im on EH06 Deodexed stock.
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If someone finds the TW4 widgets set, id appreciate it....
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Too lazy to find the thread myself, but if you look in Samsung Galazy I9000 themes & apps forum you will find a heavily modified touch wiz 4.5. I have been using that.
It looks kind wonky in landscape, but it works pretty good. Not the smoothest launcher out there, but still looks nice.
Good looks I just flashed
this over eh17 its better than the old touch wiz I like how you can go from screen to screen just like the galaxy s2 Epic touch its great I seen it on the s2 video yesterday now my epic can do the same thing I was wondering if someone could take that feature& put it on a ROM or theme?
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TW4 always seems good at first, but then it started giving me reboots, freezes, etc. (that was on EG22, hopefully EH17 won't have the problem)
As great as it is, I don't think it's worth it until we get TW4 widgets. Now that would be awesome.
I already have the tw4 plus widgets on eg22
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Weather: http://db.tt/PXrNJMT
digital clock : http://db.tt/hmwfRBU
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Can screen animation from Note be ported to SGS ( already ported to SGS2)

I'd be really cool if those rotations can be ported to our device. They are working fine on SGS2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362354
Thanks
Agreed...that would be cool!
for real... it will look really cool !
+1 this would look epic on sgs
Yeah, would like to see it too, especially on cm7 Is anyone here that can look into it and say if its portable to our sgs?
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Try CM9 or Onecosmic's ICS builds , they have a lot more cooler Animations .
@Ashtrix ICS is too buggy for me for now. I would like to see these anims on CM7
Well people Fancy rotation works on sgs BUT The screen is mirrored on rotation. Rotates to The right mode though. when i have time i will dive in to it more.
Got my hands on a SGS now
No promises whatsoever
Thanks Pilotxxx for testing
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ArctiX said:
@Ashtrix ICS is too buggy for me for now. I would like to see these anims on CM7
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Well, that's an issue but believe me try CM9 you'll love it !!
try ICS thread .
If it can be ported to the SGS2 then surely it can be ported to it brother, we just need someone that is clever and can make it happen.
I would donate for this for sure. Its the one thing android has always missed.
Ashtrix said:
Well, that's an issue but believe me try CM9 you'll love it !!
try ICS thread .
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I wouldn't say that ICS is buggy if i wouldn't try it first, so stop trying to convince me

Galaxy S III touchwiz on Galaxy note?

I wonder if it's possible to rip the software from the S III and port it to the galaxy note. Do you guys think it's possible to see roms running this? On HTC phones it happens but I haven't seen that ever happen with a samsung phone. Any thoughts?
I doubt it would be a direct port, however I'm sure some functionality can be ported via apks
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and touchwiz is utter crap - no matter what version ...
damador said:
and touchwiz is utter crap - no matter what version ...
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It's not crap... I actually happen to like touchwiz better than stock ICS launcher. It's just cleaner and I can put more content on my screen.
Joe momma said:
It's not crap... I actually happen to like touchwiz better than stock ICS launcher. It's just cleaner and I can put more content on my screen.
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+1
I wouldn't really care about about anything on TW5 except improved voice recognition. The current software is horrible.
guitarplayerone said:
I wouldn't really care about about anything on TW5 except improved voice recognition. The current software is horrible.
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I couldn't disagree with your more
I like the water ripple effect when unlocking the phone
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Nayfuslis said:
I like the water ripple effect when unlocking the phone
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I would like to see the whole launcher and apps ported not just the ripple effect lol. Man I really hope someone knows how to go about this.
I like tw4 more than tw5......
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I think the tw launcher is balls but all the other touchwiz stuff is class, I'm just gutted we lost the screen brightness in statusbar! We need that back!
I don't know why people hate the new touchwiz so much. It looks great, and it is the SMOOTHEST launcher I have ever seen. Just look at a video of the S III. There isn't a single stutter. And I love the 3D animations it does when you switch between pages. I also like the shadows that icons have now with the new touchwiz.
Joe momma said:
Just look at a video of the S III. There isn't a single stutter.
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And is this down to the launcher......?
No its the quad core processor!
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GR36 said:
And is this down to the launcher......?
No its the quad core processor!
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It also has to do with the launcher. It's optimized to use all of the hardware it can
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No offense guys, if you want to have yet ANOTHER war on favorite launchers, which btw is extremely pointless as every person has their preferences on launchers (apex this, nova that, go launcher ftw, apex rules, etc. etc....), then take it to another thread. The OP here is reaching out to Devs and other members of the XDA community about the possibility of adding some touchwiz 5 features to our beloved Note, or even porting it over completely ( which doesn't sound plausible ). I for one would love the new voice recognition and the lock screen effect is pretty slick, so +1 to those features .

What do you guys think of the MIUI v5 for our N4 ?

I'm currently satisfied with Stock, after trying 99% of the roms out there.
Now I want to flash MIUI v5 (3.9.13 is the latest as far as i know) and see if it is any good.
I see that MIUI isn't very popular here as it is on the Gnex forums or other devices such as sony and samsung forums.
What do you guys think about it - Good or bad ? please state why
Used it, was good but definitely not as slick and fast as stock. Also the recent task manager makes your widgets freeze I'd you clear all.
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nathan96 said:
I'm currently satisfied with Stock, after trying 99% of the roms out there.
Now I want to flash MIUI v5 (3.9.13 is the latest as far as i know) and see if it is any good.
I see that MIUI isn't very popular here as it is on the Gnex forums or other devices such as sony and samsung forums.
What do you guys think about it - Good or bad ? please state why
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Stock is the best.pure Google experience.Though i am using the Touchwiz launcher with franco kernel
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i'm using MIUI for 2 hours a week ago, but i flash a stock ROM back, because some reason:
the +
UI is great.. no chance for stock ROM to beat this up..
Theming.. you can find a ton of theming on the MIUI Theme (or whatever is called)
smooth..
the -
some theme isn't free, you have to pay some theme with MiCredit(What is this? how does it works?)
i don't know why, the gallery won't load any of my pic, this problem i have never find in stock ROM..
too many crap apps that you don't need, i don't know what name of that's apps because it's written with a chinese word..
so i decided to revert back to ultimate stock ROM..
Looking forward for their new work with Hugo Barra - Other than that, they have always been an iOS-Wanna-Be to me, even though they have nice features - Just another experience built on top of Android
They are trying to create their own Android experience. I tried it for a week and return to cm10.1. The reason is because it uses more ram tham cm when i cleared everything. Im not very font of having all apps in my homepage...and the animations make everything slow down a bit. Besides this i like it very much. Waiting for offical rom...
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i'm using MIUI for 2 hours a week ago, but i flash a stock ROM back, because some reason:
the +
UI is great.. no chance for stock ROM to beat this up..
Theming.. you can find a ton of theming on the MIUI Theme (or whatever is called)
smooth..
the -
some theme isn't free, you have to pay some theme with MiCredit(What is this? how does it works?)
i don't know why, the gallery won't load any of my pic, this problem i have never find in stock ROM..
too many crap apps that you don't need, i don't know what name of that's apps because it's written with a chinese word..
so i decided to revert back to ultimate stock ROM..
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MiCredit = real money if I am not mistaken.
Ensifolk said:
Looking forward for their new work with Hugo Barra - Other than that, they have always been an iOS-Wanna-Be to me, even though they have nice features - Just another experience built on top of Android
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Hugo Barra ?
Gemichi said:
They are trying to create their own Android experience. I tried it for a week and return to cm10.1. The reason is because it uses more ram tham cm when i cleared everything. Im not very font of having all apps in my homepage...and the animations make everything slow down a bit. Besides this i like it very much. Waiting for offical rom...
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I just reverted to stock also. I did not experience lag at all, but the overall experience was slow. Ios and EVEN Ubuntu touch feels faster and snappier that that.
I use MIUI as my daily driver and I've got to say it is AMAZING!
BTW to get the Gallery and other devices to recognize your SD data you need a media scanner app
I use the Trinity Kernel and it rocks with great performance and battery life that fits my needs :3
I don't OC the CPU on this Kernel but I do have the GPU OC'd to 480 MHz
All in all it may not be stock android
But its worth a try :3
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nathan96 said:
I'm currently satisfied with Stock, after trying 99% of the roms out there.
Now I want to flash MIUI v5 (3.9.13 is t
Nhe latest as far as i know) and see if it is any good.
I see that MIUI isn't very popular here as it is on the Gnex forums or other devices such as sony and samsung forums.
What do you guys think about it - Good or bad ? please state why
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Why this is not popular here? Cuz there is no official rom for n4. All the versions you see here are ports. Miui experience is thus not the best, but its not too bad. Personally i am hooked to more features like pie and halo etc thus making miui a little less attractive.
What about the Miui roms you see on miui.com and xiaomi.eu/, are there any differences? Both are 3.9.13 and JB...
MIUI is ugly! Chinese imitation of IOS....
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BigDig said:
MIUI is ugly! Chinese imitation of IOS....
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I respect your opinion...however, i just saw iso7 ...it is beautiful but it looks like a cheap imitation of Android Miui. This is not an imatition of IOS... THIS IS ANDROID!!
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ToledoG28 said:
I respect your opinion...however, i just saw iso7 ...it is beautiful but it looks like a cheap imitation of Android Miui. This is not an imatition of IOS... THIS IS ANDROID!!
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If it's made in China it ain't good! My phone is feeling dirty even browsing this thread!
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It's a great rom I'm till using it and love it. I mean it doesn't have that buttery smooth scrolling as the stock vanilla, but it's barley noticeable . Thanks goes to Datsun.510 for porting this rom onto the nexus 4
Looks pretty sweet...I've used the v5 theme, but the experience itself looks compelling, as do the themes:
http://en.miui.com/features.php
Not a big fan of MIUI, kinda reminds me of iOS.
The themes look nice tho but I rather stick to the vanilla android like experience.
nathan96 said:
I'm currently satisfied with Stock, after trying 99% of the roms out there.
Now I want to flash MIUI v5 (3.9.13 is the latest as far as i know) and see if it is any good.
I see that MIUI isn't very popular here as it is on the Gnex forums or other devices such as sony and samsung forums.
What do you guys think about it - Good or bad ? please state why
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Not the best rom out there. Then again that very sentence is subjective. I prefer a less skinned aosp type of rom.
looks good but it works bad in my opinion and since i'm not a big fan of chinese mobile, no offence but let's stick with the identity of pure google! :cyclops:
I fell in love with miui with my Galaxy SL i9003 then with my xperia arc s lt18i and now with my nexus, where battery life, interface and smoothness is incredible... Now I am not using it, but I allways come back
Ehhhhh its OK pretty simple and elegant but it has negatives also...in my opinion its mainly extra useless apps and no app drawer
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