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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.
juliano_q said:
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)?
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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.
•°NS4G • ICS°•
The efficiency of WP7 with the openness of Android!
This is not Windows Phone 7 , it is a MIUI ROM which is modified to look and behave like it!
Features:
*Based on MIUI ROM (1.12.30)
*All apps zipaligned and fully deodexed
*Useful apps added (Titanium Backup, ROM manager etc.)
*CRT Animations
*Butter smooth , just like the real thing
*Some apps removed (updater,forum app etc)
*Highly customizable
*Themed Touchwiz calculator
*Multi-device support
Thanks to:
*72ls1 for the theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174126
*MIUI for the great base
Screenshots are in the attachments, for icons and other themes go to post 2
Installation Notes
Just flash like any other ROM. Make sure you do a full wipe before installing. If you want to change the icons long click on a tile and click the pencil. Some icons are in the add-ons
DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for any damage done to your device. Flash at your own risk!
Download Link 7.0.4
DOWNLOAD
MIRROR
HIT THANKS IF YOU LIKED MY WORK OR DONATE
Add-ons
Click on to download
Red WP7 Theme
Green WP7 Theme
Blue WP7 Theme
Lime WP7 Theme
Light WP7 Theme
WP7 Tile Icons
WP7 Keyboard
Looks really nice...thanks ..will try this today
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Hope you like it
nice to see a dev interesting on miui thanks mate for ur nice effort
Thanks , hope you like it
Any feedback guys?
Is this would work with latest IronKernel? Because it have owesome power managment And i Will try it if this two things would work together
can you make an german version?
or multi language?
Cool, I'll try it. Thanx mmmcfc.
tried it, looks nice... nowhere near the real thing but thats why we own Android handsets right
Good work!
Very Nice rom indeed! I have some problems with performance though, like in the music player (sometimes the play button gets stuck and I stop/start the song). Looking forward to future releases!
Thank you guys for the feedback , will look to improve the ROM in updates
Any other issues?
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There is one problem with this ROM but that is rooted with MIUI not using any CM 7.2 RC. GPS performance is horrible, it takes ages to lock compared to latest CM7 kangs
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There is one problem with this ROM but that is rooted with MIUI not using any CM 7.2 RC. GPS performance is horrible, it takes ages to lock compared to latest CM7 kangs
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I think MIUI is based on CM7 stable release. Old release and also not good support for the LG O2X. I'm also huge fan of MIUI (samsung galaxy S owner before) but I'll test it in this phone again when MIUI v4 comes out (based on CM9 i think).
Big Thanks for your job!
Beautiful and really smooth!!!
Really good experience to use your rom~
Thanks again!
i'd like to port your extensions to german miui rom, or can you make an multilanguage rom. with german??
Hi pretty nice Rom! I really like it. I have no bugs so far and
got nearly instant gps fix.
Maybe you could add some more icons for apps? Because the android icons doesnt look that good in tile style.
Edit: Did it by myself.
How you can make screenshots in miui?
On more question: How can i sync my contacs with facebook. I tried but profil pictures wont sync.
Nice work brother
Just recieved the note this morning and although iam not new to android or thos forum, its quite different to my old HTC desire. so i have a few questions!
I cant stand the stock launcher that comes with samsung so i have changed it to the go launcher so is their anyone out their better, or do you need to root to do that?
Also wanted to know if their are any good things to download to customise my phone, i have been using my blackberry for awhile so iam pretty unsure lol.
i might decide to root but is it worth it just yet?
cheers folks. hope someone can give me some pointers, the phone is huge, but i love the screen. i was abit paranoid as i always looked at samsung as kinda boring, im just glad the phone can be customised.
cheers.
New to android?
I always used launcher pro on my gingerbread based roms.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fede.launcher&hl=en
My note is coming today, so I haven't tried it with the larger screen.
Running an ICS rom I like the stock trebuchet launcher just fine.
hey
Naw im not new to android but its been a while since i have used it as a phone as i dont use my htc desire anymore. i have using the annoying blackberry.
launcher pro is fast and works well with some good live wallpapers.
what is ICS rom? also was your phone rooted
A lot of launchers have some degree of lag when used on the Note. Go Launcher and ADW Launcher were a little choppy on my Note. I've used LauncherPro Plus for a long time on my Galaxy S and LG Optimus 3D but I think it's getting a bit outdated since it hasn't been updated in a long time.
I'm using Nemus Launcher at the moment and it runs very smooth. It's not the most customizable launcher out there but all my basic needs are there, custom grid size, resizable widgets, maps etc. and it looks pretty good as well.
Thanx for the tip...just tried the one you mentioned and it works very fast on the note! and i noticed you can actually move the icons like the phone symbol and so forth....even better. I just hate the stock rom of samsung, just ugli icons, i always like to dress it up. Now to download phone icon and the other ones, do i have to download these separetly?
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A lot of launchers have some degree of lag when used on the Note. Go Launcher and ADW Launcher were a little choppy on my Note. I've used LauncherPro Plus for a long time on my Galaxy S and LG Optimus 3D but I think it's getting a bit outdated since it hasn't been updated in a long time.
I'm using Nemus Launcher at the moment and it runs very smooth. It's not the most customizable launcher out there but all my basic needs are there, custom grid size, resizable widgets, maps etc. and it looks pretty good as well.
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Thanks for sharing that, Nemus Launcher is indeed very good. Have tried Go and AWD, but find the simple yet polished look of Nemus better.
Hi guys!
I just want to share my recent alternative launcher for O2X CM9.
It is very smooth compared to Nova or Apex. I bet you'll stick with this!
Here's the thread. You can download flashable zip and check some screenshots there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667854
Happy theming! hope we will get full ICS support for our O2X soon
Isn't it possible to modify the transition effects and such?
I think lg ui 3.0 is a lot smoother and more customizable actually.
Rz
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No but by default the transition's already cool.
Yes with a lot of widgets like mine it's a bit sluggish, anyway this is just an alternative. LG UI 3 still has bug on APPS icon
Yeah that bug is present, can't read the apps text, but still it's really fluid
Happy themeing
Rz
Sent from my LG-O2X.
Thanks, but exists the lockscreen too?
Chuck Bartowski said:
Thanks, but exists the lockscreen too?
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I think not yet
Will this allow you to install GSIII apps like S-Note and S-Calender if you're on CM9? I ask because, if you're on CM9 without TW you cant.
Hey all,
So, i think u know all, that the sony stock launcher, is great, buuut kinda slow, even with custom rom, i think Nova is more responsive.
But i got a bit tired by this 'classic' (but really good quality) launcher.
I dont want to install launchers like 3D launcher (which is cool, but drain battery like hell).
What do u use for launcher? something a bit new
And btw, is it possible to install a launcher not sony related? (other brand, like motorolla i mean, if i found .apk on xda website)