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Do you guys prefer CM7 or Miui? I have been on CM7 for a few weeks and just flashed Miui. They are both 2.3.3 android although CM7 is closer to stock AOSP. I can see some benefits with both roms, and am wondering what others think.
I would go with cyanogen mod7.
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This is all preference. I find both awesome, miui takes more user bug fixes and work arounds. Both are beta. Advanced users, or users who have a good working knowledge of their phone should only flash either.
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mcord11758 said:
This is all preference. I find both awesome, miui takes more user bug fixes and work arounds. Both are beta. Advanced users, or users who have a good working knowledge of their phone should only flash either.
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I tried both. I agree with quoted above. I just came back to CM7 becoz I didn't like MIUI ui. Its so different then I ever saw. Lol
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I think I like CM7 more. Miui is too much like an iphone. I think thats what they are trying to copy. For example, rather than have an app drawer, you have to store your apps in folders on the homescreen, just like on the iphone.
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I think I like CM7 more. Miui is too much like an iphone. I think thats what they are trying to copy. For example, rather than have an app drawer, you have to store your apps in folders on the homescreen, just like on the iphone.
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Yes I like an app draw, so I created a folder and placed all apps not on home screen in it then placed it on dock. I get the iphone comparison but there are many differences between miui and ios
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Guys u can install any drawer like adw and use miui like any regular android
What i miss in CM 7 are some modifications like lockscreen Gestures, custom app starters , arabic language
But the MIUI still has some awesome features like low battery mode, pimped out notification pull down menu, etc...
so am pretty lost
I agree
firas1886 said:
Guys u can install any drawer like adw and use miui like any regular android
What i miss in CM 7 are some modifications like lockscreen Gestures, custom app starters , arabic language
But the MIUI still has some awesome features like low battery mode, pimped out notification pull down menu, etc...
so am pretty lost
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I am using it with ADW launcher EX. Thats pretty nice.
I'm running cm7 miui wasn't stable for me on my captivate.
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If you know enough, I would just use both really, setup cm7 the way you like it then nandroid it. Set up miui the way you like it then nandroid it. Restore when you want one or the other. Works for me. Best of both worlds
Ps do not try to nandroid restore on other roms to roms. This works like that with miui and cm7 for they share same base.
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Can I flash MIUI over CM7?
didn't see a reply on this so i decided to jump in and answer this. From what I know, both are 2nd-init roms and you can flash miui over cm7. and just to note, you should NOT use bootstrapper in both roms whatsoever.
hope this helps.
And as far as the two comparisons/choice, I go with CM7. I am currently running nightly 38 without a single problem. From what I have been reading, there are too many bugs running around miui. However, I really like the way customizing is set up for miui. you can overlap themes and lockscreens. I think i might give miui a try when it becomes a bit more stable. Maybe flash miui and then flash nightly 50's CM7. haha.
MIUI <3 Way better customizations and i believe android is all about customizations
Hmmm I've been experiencing Lockscreen lags such as when I press the power button, I will get a sneak preview of the homescreen then only the Lockscreen comes up >< Hmmm I've also installed Modaco's rom hoping the problem will be fixed , but it still persists >< Is there anyway to fix the lockscreen lag issues?
Wow problem seemed to be fixed when I changed my font back to Droid sans :0
lws803 said:
Wow problem seemed to be fixed when I changed my font back to Droid sans :0
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ok nevermind >< Problem returned
Lg's lockscreen is laggy, that's a fact ... you'll have to use a custom rom without this lockscreen but the classic one I guess fr10 vanilla would do it
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Kinchouka said:
Lg's lockscreen is laggy, that's a fact ... you'll have to use a custom rom without this lockscreen but the classic one I guess fr10 vanilla would do it
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It's rather impressive they managed to got the bloody lockscreen to lag on a tegra 2 soc.
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Lg's lockscreen is laggy, that's a fact ... you'll have to use a custom rom without this lockscreen but the classic one I guess fr10 vanilla would do it
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Actually even the AOSP Lockscreen lags a bit if you use the LG Launcher, but the problem is that LG Launcher is the only one that can switch your screen on when you receive a message
I don't really know what you're talking about: Handcent SMS turns the screen on (if the option is enabled, of course) just fine for me, running on Modaco FR10 with LauncherPro. (and OC kernel)
Nice to know, I'll test with the default launcher
Hmmm I guess LG launchers arent very perfected then >< I hope they do something about the homescreen scroll lags and lockscreen lags in the next gingerbread update ><
hmmm, can i get that lock screen on my LG Optimus ONE?
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hmmm, can i get that lock screen on my LG Optimus ONE?
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Gotta wait for a port currently I think someone should at least be porting the lockscreen APK into it. But I have to say, its pretty laggy judging from everyone's perspective
I also notice the lag.. kindoff silly with a tegra 2 chip haha.
Anyway, I am using the pattern unlock, and Launcher Pro.. Froze LG Launcher.. So gotta be something different.
Haven't tried a custom rom yet..
Naadi900 said:
I also notice the lag.. kindoff silly with a tegra 2 chip haha.
Anyway, I am using the pattern unlock, and Launcher Pro.. Froze LG Launcher.. So gotta be something different.
Haven't tried a custom rom yet..
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Custom ROMs with the LG lockscreen also lags >< Although its not as bad as stock at least. try MoDaCo's ROM
Tweedeldee said:
I don't really know what you're talking about: Handcent SMS turns the screen on (if the option is enabled, of course) just fine for me, running on Modaco FR10 with LauncherPro. (and OC kernel)
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Tested out with Launcher from Modaco's Kitchen, Fr11 and the kernel they give me with the ROM, with both Handcent and AOSP SMS, my screen doesn't light on when I receive a message, I need to switch it on manually
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Tested out with Launcher from Modaco's Kitchen, Fr11 and the kernel they give me with the ROM, with both Handcent and AOSP SMS, my screen doesn't light on when I receive a message, I need to switch it on manually
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Mine does... I'm using handcent.
And while we are on this topic, launcher pro does speed up things a lot.
randy_khoo said:
Mine does... I'm using handcent.
And while we are on this topic, launcher pro does speed up things a lot.
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Hmmm how much RAM does launcher pro use up compared to LG's? I heard that homescreen lags are due to the caching of the homscreens. If there is no cache, the ram usage would be lesser but the homescreen scrolling would be laggy.
Saw lots of vids of g2x and lockscreen doesnt have that laggy feel. A g2x rom for 02x is gud.
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Saw lots of vids of g2x and lockscreen doesnt have that laggy feel. A g2x rom for 02x is gud.
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Hmmm does the MoDaCo ROM use the g2x base?
Good news guys. I think I found part of the problem of what caused the lockscreen to lag. Hmmm Its because of the LG home launcher. I tried installing the arc launcher and guess what, the lockscreen became almost buttery smooth. RAM usage has reduced too! Wow I think Im gonna stick to the arc launcher from now on. Good thing is also that, I can use LG widgets in that launcher! I can use all the LG widgets in other launcers!
How is the Arc launcher different from other launcher say Go launcher and LauncherPro?
Is it possible to make the new miui lockscreen flashable just like the miui camera is?
Should be able to. Just try to push it to system/app before you do just to make sure its gonna to work first.
The lockscreen in miui isn't an apk so I don't think it is that easy. I doubt their lockscreens will work on other rom's either.
Oh ok. well I don't know much about miui. Im sure someone could figure it out though
Just use MIUI its better anyway.... Has Iphone, sense3.0, and gingerbread lockscreens without zips to install just go into themes...
I'm pretty sure it's tied into the framework... so, lots of work to do there if you're truly interested, haha. I'd use MIUI but CM7 is just faster and there's a million more, IMO, useful customization features compared to MIUI... pretty much the whole Cyanogenmod Settings tab. The one thing that really bugs me about MIUI is the menu system. It's beautiful, as it replicates that of the iPhone, but it's always been so laggy for me, I can't deal with it.
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The lockscreen in miui isn't an apk so I don't think it is that easy. I doubt their lockscreens will work on other rom's either.
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That's a shame. From the pictures, it looks like a combination between the honeycomb ring/ripple-lock and the sense 3.0 ring-lock. Both of which I like, so the newest miui lockscreen had me all excited. Lol
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Oh ok. well I don't know much about miui. Im sure someone could figure it out though
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MIUI is built from open source but the rom itself isn't open source. It simply isn't possible.
MIUI > Vanilla Android
I was a loooooooooong time CM6 and CM7 user. But the latest MIUI is blazing. IMHO it's faster than CM7 in day to day use (I don't benchmark) and more stable.
MIUI has so many hidden subtleties throughout the ROM. Use it for a week and see if you like it
I liked MIUI in the froyo days. It was super stable and smooth. However ever since Gingerbread it's been much laggier across the board and far less stable than the froyo build. Swiping between homescreens is no longer smooth unless you use a hack that disables wallpaper scrolling (miuiandroid build) or keep your homescreens widget free with minimal icons. Of course if you use an alternate launcher then that isn't even a concern. But as mentioned earlier, the menus are also very laggy and annoying to use. I will admit the new dark theme makes it look a dream, but it has a bug that makes screen rotation take a relatively long time to flip and as such less usable.
CM7 may not have the aesthetic superiority that MIUI has but at least everything is smooth and gingerbread. I would love to see the MIUI lockscreen on CM7 but that will never happen.
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To all that have a complaint about MIUI - the rotation lag is normally tied to a theme at the moment, I don't get lag anywhere else. Make sure you try your favorite launcher as well - I don't like the one that comes with it but if I swap over to Go launcher everything is nice and smooth again and I can find my stuff!
On the other hand, I have never found a rom other than CM7 with so much raw speed. CM7 will restore all my stuff insanely fast - all others are fairly slow in comparison. But how often do you go restoring everything unless you swap roms daily and are on fresh builds! I have really been enjoying MIUI lately, especially with the new themes and lock screens.
I'd say my favorite thing about MIUI is not having to install a decent camera app everytime. That was kind of annoying with CM7 which is otherwise wonderful as is.
Aside from being gorgeous and buttery smooth on my Nexus S 4G... and aside from being ridiculously customizable as it always has been... I just did a full wipe and installed it after not using it for a while.
Running a completely stock 2.3.7 rooted ROM because I'm just sick of stability issues with ICS ROMS (big loves to the brilliant devs that are working on them, btw... I know the stability problems aren't their fault... Google needs to hurry the f**k up!).
Back to my point... they've built in some of features that the ICS launcher has. Like:
dropping icons from your homescreens on top of each other to automatically bundle them into an auto-sized folder.
automatically adjusting the scale and position of the icons on the dock (which you can just drag and drop stuff off of)
Give it a whirl! This is Android perfection right here! I was thinking about getting a Galaxy S2 just for giggles but I've fallen in love with my phone again and saved myself $500
While I love ADW EX. Using ICS is just too good to go back. I don't know what stability issues you experienced, ICS has been wonderful for myself. Loving the browser and battery life. The overall feel of ICS is more fluid and just makes sense. Cut and paste is a great example.
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Rem3Dy said:
While I love ADW EX. Using ICS is just too good to go back. I don't know what stability issues you experienced, ICS has been wonderful for myself. Loving the browser and battery life. The overall feel of ICS is more fluid and just makes sense. Cut and paste is a great example.
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Same here. I will never go back to GB and I dont think I will use a third-party launcher again (even having payed for adw ex and spb shell).
Rem3Dy said:
While I love ADW EX. Using ICS is just too good to go back. I don't know what stability issues you experienced, ICS has been wonderful for myself. Loving the browser and battery life. The overall feel of ICS is more fluid and just makes sense. Cut and paste is a great example.
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Terrible battery life on every ROM I've tried (oICS, CM9 Alphas, CM9 Kang, etc). And if it's not battery life, it's random reboots, launcher force-closes, screen flickering, slow or laggy homescreen or app drawer transitions, etc.
Yes, I've done full wipes. I even use that wipe script linked in the NS4G Dev section.
This is the smoothest, most stable Android experience I've ever had, right now... and I've had a Nexus One, EVO 4G, Epic 4G, and a couple other ghetto phones.
Well, I am running pete's "almost stock" rom and it is perfect, not a single issue.
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Well, I am running pete's "almost stock" rom and it is perfect, not a single issue.
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Nexus S 4G (CDMA/Sprint)?
Ryjabo said:
Nexus S 4G (CDMA/Sprint)?
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Nope, gsm international version. But Pete's made a rom for NS4G too, have you tried it?
http://download.peteralfonso.com/crespo4g/rom
The 22/12 version (atleast the gsm one) is amazing.
I hate the new dock they put in ADW Ex, which sucks because I bought it a when it first came out and didn't have any big complaints, but the new dock is terrible imo.
juliano_q said:
Nope, gsm international version. But Pete's made a rom for NS4G too, have you tried it?
http://download.peteralfonso.com/crespo4g/rom
The 22/12 version (atleast the gsm one) is amazing.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I'm debating whether I should try it. I'm seriously considering just waiting until the official OTA comes out and something more stable and faster is cooked up by the CM team or someone else. I'm so tired of all the messing with backups, wiping, flashing, etc...
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I hate the new dock they put in ADW Ex, which sucks because I bought it a when it first came out and didn't have any big complaints, but the new dock is terrible imo.
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Funny... I feel the exact opposite. I hated how it used to be. Love it now that it's a wee bit more like ICS and just drag/drop.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I'm debating whether I should try it. I'm seriously considering just waiting until the official OTA comes out and something more stable and faster is cooked up by the CM team or someone else. I'm so tired of all the messing with backups, wiping, flashing, etc...
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OK, the official OTA was already released and this rom was cooked using it. Are you waiting for a new OTA, like 4.0.4?
My favorite combo is ADW Ex with sph33r's ICS v2. ADW makes ics that much better - I'm loving it. Everything is smooth as silk and configured exactly how I like it.
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OK, the official OTA was already released and this rom was cooked using it. Are you waiting for a new OTA, like 4.0.4?
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The official OTA for the GSM phone was released.
Not for the CDMA (Sprint).
am using BM's stock ICS + eugene's stock 3.0.13 kernel. battery and speed are great! no reboots, no FC's.
Used Adw a long time back. The thing I was most uncomfortable with was the single dock. Would have loved it had it included configurable no. of docks as with launcher pro or nova.
The problem I have with ICS & nova launcher is that some widgets (Scrollable News Widget to be precise) says that it's incompatible with launchers that do not support scrollable widgets ... although I know that many other widgets work well.
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Used Adw a long time back. The thing I was most uncomfortable with was the single dock. Would have loved it had it included configurable no. of docks as with launcher pro or nova.
The problem I have with ICS & nova launcher is that some widgets (Scrollable News Widget to be precise) says that it's incompatible with launchers that do not support scrollable widgets ... although I know that many other widgets work well.
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3.x and up has support for scrollable widgets, so dev's of those widgets you're talking about need to re-code them.
I used ADW ex prior to upgrading to a custom ICS ROM.
Few things; ADW in no way compares to the premium and smooth feel of legit ICS. ICS has so much more and is vastly improved. An earlier poster mentioned the new copy/paste. Aside from that we have the new tabs in the browser, better auto-correction, the kick ass multitasking/recent tab, the overall UI and so much more.
If you like the ability to change icons and notice there isn't much support for that in ICS try out Nova Launcher. It's beta 5 right now but it's awesome. You can change icons easily, and more. Not to mention the app drawer very closely resembles ICS which I love.
The only thing I feel ADW EX has that ICS (coupled with Nova Launcher on a Custom ROM) doesn't have is capacity of folders. The ICS folders can't fit all of my games so I have to use "alternative" folder apps which blows. Once they fix that ICS will win at life, 3 times over. Then CM9 will come out and make us **** ourselves in excitement XD!
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30904xxxwhatever:
Have you tried ADW with ICS? I was not at all impressed with the stock ics launcher, although it is quite a bit better than the gb launcher.
ADW mostly just adds to what ics provides and as far as I can tell, only the app drawer widget picker/market link are missing (I did not use those anyway).
I run vhgomez's ICS v1.2 with the latest ADW Ex and the App Widget Picker replacement apk. Friggin sweetness.
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30904xxxwhatever:
Have you tried ADW with ICS? I was not at all impressed with the stock ics launcher, although it is quite a bit better than the gb launcher.
ADW mostly just adds to what ics provides and as far as I can tell, only the app drawer widget picker/market link are missing (I did not use those anyway).
I run vhgomez's ICS v1.2 with the latest ADW Ex and the App Widget Picker replacement apk. Friggin sweetness.
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I just don't like it.... I prefer Nova Launcher with ICS. So much better IMO
Ya, I've been using the new adw for most of my ICS time, and it's been pretty smooth. There are 2 things tho that I like much better in the Stock ICS launcher (Trebuchet).
Most of my scrollable Widgets in ADW are messed up.. especially the native calendar and browser bookmark Widgets. It seems like ADW registers the downward motion as a gesture attempt.. even though none defined.
Second is folders in the bottom bar.. which I really like in ics launcher. Definitely gonna try Nova tonight tho.
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ok touchwiz something removed out of custom roms, but what exactly does it add, since I have only used a samsung rom I dont know which bits are touchwiz and which bits arent.
Also is there a list of the apps that are not included without samsung?
thanks
Samsung apps
Dialer
Contacts mms and sms
Twlauncher
STatusbar
Framework
Locksceeen
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chrcol said:
ok touchwiz something removed out of custom roms, but what exactly does it add, since I have only used a samsung rom I dont know which bits are touchwiz and which bits arent.
Also is there a list of the apps that are not included without samsung?
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Touchwiz is basically the look of your phone ---
The status bar
The icons
The animations( okk they are stock android )
The menus ..settings ..anything and everything u see in a stock rom ( b4 u install anything ) is touchwiz
And custom roms like cm7 use different stuff
The status bar looks better
There are no crappy samsung apps ( though i like the keypad)
The whole ui is better
In short touchwiz sucks :thumbdown: anything thats not touchwiz rocks :thumbup:
P.S. its only my opinion ...and opinions are like a$$#oles --everyone has one
You know you are rooted when you use XDA more than FB
Dragonoid said:
Touchwiz is basically the look of your phone ---
The status bar
The icons
The animations( okk they are stock android )
The menus ..settings ..anything and everything u see in a stock rom ( b4 u install anything ) is touchwiz
And custom roms like cm7 use different stuff
The status bar looks better
There are no crappy samsung apps ( though i like the keypad)
The whole ui is better
In short touchwiz sucks :thumbdown: anything thats not touchwiz rocks :thumbup:
P.S. its only my opinion ...and opinions are like a$$#oles --everyone has one
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U hater!!
Touchwiz ROCKS
I like the launcher and icons
And lockscreen
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*looks at pics of stock samsung rom* *looks at status bar* *doesnt feel well* *vomits*
Well,what touchwiz does is....it makes your phone ****,ugly and slow
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Well,what touchwiz does is....it makes your phone ****,ugly and slow
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Nooooooo .............
Touchwiz izzz awezomeee
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Nooooooo .............
Touchwiz izzz awezomeee
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Yaa touchwiz is awsume
spacecaker said:
Nooooooo .............
Touchwiz izzz awezomeee
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Modded touchwiz is awesome xD
Ya I agree..touchwiz is awesome
Simple
comparatively more functional in few areas
can be modded easily..!!
One thing i dislike with the TW is....it does not offer any good function (who needs Samsung Apps anyway ) . HTC Sense is much awesome than TW with functions like FriendStream:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:....
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TW 4 is gangsta people
Defy-ing all limits.
It's Personal taste....
Well as mentioned earlier.....
ROMS and a$$h0l3s.....
Each has their own and like his own.....
Now some Prefer Cyanogen(Dev guys)....
Some Touchwiz(who prefer stock)....
and Some MIUI(iPhone junkies).....
Cyanogen has it's own plus points(Love the gestures everywhere and speeed).....
Touchwiz has it's own(Nice simple UI and no nonsense Dialer and task manager)....
and I don't have used MIUI (but I like the apps and the efforts put behind it)......
But some things are universal
Edit:this line doesnt refer to touchwiz emoboix
Whats sucks will always suck...you cant just change that ( touchwiz i mean)
Like if all of us say that froyo is better than ics ,the facts wont change ...what is better is better...
And touchwiz will suck for eternity
Period
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But some things are universal
Whats sucks will always suck...you cant just change that ( touchwiz i mean)
Like if all of us say that froyo is better than ics ,the facts wont change ...what is better is better...
And touchwiz will suck for eternity
Period
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All I know is Touchwiz ain't universal and I love the Touchwiz on the Galaxy Note
Um y'know, i prefer touchwiz.. it's simple and easy to understand.. i found some difficulties when first time using cyanogenmod.. and y'know, every thing has its own plus points ..
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Yeah sorry I'm gonna have to join the touchwiz haters on this one
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@chrcol - It's basically Samsung's user-interface. Deciding the ways in which your fingers can interact with their phones. Although roms have their own independent preset functionality, Touchwiz is the software that defines how you interact with that, like all the long-presses, page-switching, down to things like creating multiple home pages etc.
http://android.stackexchange.com/qu...uchwiz-has-that-vanilla-android-does-not-have
One of the biggest debates about getting ICS onto 'lesser phones' is that of Samsung not being able to fit Touchwiz 4.0 in with ICS on even a device as good as the Galaxy S. But as other posters have made clear, Touchwiz is not the 'be all and end all', even if it is very good; most importantly it is unique to Samsung, and they won't be renting out other peoples systems. I still don't see the problem with tweaking our current Touchwiz 3 though...
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Well,what touchwiz does is....it makes your phone ****,ugly and slow
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Agree with that!
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Some features are good.
I flashed the official CM7 on my Ace. Most things are nice. What I miss about Touchwiz is the Dialer, and also the Contacts: Swipe right on a contact to make a call, swipe left to compose a message.