[Q] any possiblilties - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
my friend has bought an xperia z
he wanted to know if its possible currently to have
1) touchwiz UI
2) multiwindow
3)ripple lockscreen / s4 type
4) Smart stay and direct call
5) Air gestures

no they are samsung features

Lol looks like he made the wrong choice
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Richy99 said:
no they are samsung features
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*boy*racer* said:
Lol looks like he made the wrong choice
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So they can't be ported?
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Arjav23 said:
So they can't be ported?
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highly unlikely, touchwiz is samsungs skin for android and those other features are more likely Samsung proprietary code and drivers so I doubt they would get ported

Arjav23 said:
Hi there,
my friend has bought an xperia z
he wanted to know if its possible currently to have
1) touchwiz UI
2) multiwindow
3)ripple lockscreen / s4 type
4) Smart stay and direct call
5) Air gestures
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Why didn't he just bought a Samsung device....?

1 and 2 are possibly portable to Xperia.
3,4,5 are apps leveraging the sensors in the phone. Samsung has these sensors and made apps to showcase them. May not hold true for Z.

krishter said:
1 and 2 are possibly portable to Xperia.
3,4,5 are apps leveraging the sensors in the phone. Samsung has these sensors and made apps to showcase them. May not hold true for Z.
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Only number 5 is impossible as it is a hardware feature, the others are doable... but good ****ing luck finding someone who actually wants to spend with TouchWiz, let alone take on the monster job of porting the crap to the XZ.

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[Q] Multi windows

Can we get multi windows function for galaxy mini ?
can you take a look at minis display size and ask yourself "what would be actual point of that?"
yackovsky said:
can you take a look at minis display size and ask yourself "what would be actual point of that?"
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It is small , but if we get it then its good .
aayushgala said:
It is small , but if we get it then its good .
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With 600mhz and less than 512mb ram, its not possible to have a proper multiwindow experience and yes the screen is too small.
I don't think its possible since we use cm build and they don't have this feature
I think this feature is made by Samsung Devs themselves and is closed source
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Yeah , we cannot have for mini.
You can get floating browser and video player from google play store. Then you will know how small your minis screen is
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Jumalvelho said:
You can get floating browser and video player from google play store. Then you will know how small your minis screen is
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And the slower than is our processor.
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aayushgala said:
Can we get multi windows function for galaxy mini ?
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"multi windows"? What do you mean? Is it like multi windows on Galaxy Note?
so much hate in this thread...instal latest cm10.1 and instal this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.multiwindowmanager&hl=en
and than you can see what is the mini capable of in that matter
Nixoman said:
so much hate in this thread...instal latest cm10.1 and instal this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bjbinc.multiwindowmanager&hl=en
and than you can see what is the mini capable of in that matter
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Did not work. Wrong firmware or device.
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Did not work. Wrong firmware or device.
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you need to change build prop name of d device, but realy is not worth it...its for huge screens and tablets
i really don't know what is wrong with you guys, why you even expect galaxy mini to work like a new phone? it's getting older every day, and just because we have newest android on it (thanks to highly skilled developers, who are willing to spend their free time to make it happen) doesn't mean that it will perform like nexus 4 or galaxy note 2... seriously, get a grip of reality and save up for a new phone or deal with the fact that mini is getting obsolete...
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i really don't know what is wrong with you guys, why you even expect galaxy mini to work like a new phone? it's getting older every day, and just because we have newest android on it (thanks to highly skilled developers, who are willing to spend their free time to make it happen) doesn't mean that it will perform like nexus 4 or galaxy note 2... seriously, get a grip of reality and save up for a new phone or deal with the fact that mini is getting obsolete...
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we have to stop torturing our mini guys...

Nexus 4.0 Camera on Xperia z

Hi there,
I am fine with the camera, except the panorama mode. Ive seen Panorama modes on Samsung devices. its much better. specially the sphare 360 thingy for nexus 4.
Is there a way we could get that working in xperia z? I saw someone made it up for Motorola...
Thanks.
Sweep panorama works just fine, good detail as well.
It works better in good light, btw.
mtechfan said:
Sweep panorama works just fine, good detail as well.
It works better in good light, btw.
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5 out of ten I get, "please move slower" or "please move faster" and also you cant stoop when eveer you want you have to keep going to the end.
You should see the ones on Samsung and you will agree. I never had a problem with those. took awesome pictures.
mtechfan said:
Sweep panorama works just fine, good detail as well.
It works better in good light, btw.
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just watch this/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyn1xgPcevI
No repliet?
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Photo sphere (360 thing you mentioned from nexus 4) is nexus ONLY. If you want that, buy a nexus. Theres probably an app or would be one day that replicates it.
Coming from a galaxy s 2 I'd say the panorama mode on the XZ absolutely dominates the S2. Can't comment on the successors to the s2 though.
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DreadPirateDan said:
Photo sphere (360 thing you mentioned from nexus 4) is nexus ONLY. If you want that, buy a nexus. Theres probably an app or would be one day that replicates it.
Coming from a galaxy s 2 I'd say the panorama mode on the XZ absolutely dominates the S2. Can't comment on the successors to the s2 though.
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Whatvtypebof answer is that? If i like a software on a phone i should go buy a it? Lol
Its a software smartie, with making a few adjustments, you should be able to run it on not only z, but any phone with android and gravity sensors.
And i had s 2 lte which is a lot different than s2. Its a 1.5 dual core. Z kicks its ass in every aspect, but panaramic mode sucks.
Just the fact that u cant stop when u want is annoying enough, let alone the speed problem...
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DreadPirateDan said:
Photo sphere (360 thing you mentioned from nexus 4) is nexus ONLY. If you want that, buy a nexus. Theres probably an app or would be one day that replicates it.
Coming from a galaxy s 2 I'd say the panorama mode on the XZ absolutely dominates the S2. Can't comment on the successors to the s2 though.
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You can get photosphere on jb 4.2 camera.
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I see, so it seems that it has been ported around indeed. For a long time every cm dev and his dog have been forever repeating themselves that it is nexus only site to sources or proprietary. I guess something has changed since then, my bad.
I really can't understand what is happening with you and your device to be having such a bad experience with the camera though. My one is far simpler smoother and faster than any phone I've seen using it (Motorola milestone 2, desire HD, s2, EVO 3d and most recently iPhone 5)
My camera did go all crappy in the first week and I had to clear the app data to get it working properly again, maybe it's worth a shot?
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Some questions before I say goodbye to Samsung

Having decided the s4 still suffers from a laggy touchwiz from playing with 2 store demo models last week, and being impressed by the ones smoothness in another store; I'm seriously considering buying a one having had a galaxy S1, 2+3.
I have a few questions if people don't mind answering:
1. I'm not sure if I like blink feed and read you can't disable it. Would using a different launcher or will only a modified rom sort this?
2. Does adding a few widgets to your home screen cause any lag in scrolling?
3. Anyone had an s3 and can tell me what battery life is like in comparison?
4. I like smart stay, I gather there's an app that does similar. How well does it work on the one?
5. Is rooting as easy and safe, ie hiding for warranty returns?
6. Any previous s3 users really noticing the contrast difference ie not so good blacks? I've had amoled for 3 years now
Sorry it's long but thanks if you can answer.
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1) A different launcher or rom would remove BlinkFeed.
2) No lag. I have 6 screens and 15+ widgets and I don't see any lag.
3) I've never had an S3, but looking at the data, the HTC One battery is better than S3 but not as good as S4.
3. Check the anandtech comparison between the one and s4, they have the one ahead. The browsing time is excellent on the one.
4. Is smart stay the feature that stops the screen timing out if you're looking at it? If so, it's built into sense.
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Jme369 said:
3. Check the anandtech comparison between the one and s4, they have the one ahead. The browsing time is excellent on the one.
4. Is smart stay the feature that stops the screen timing out if you're looking at it? If so, it's built into sense.
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Yes smart stay is just that, built in you say? Excellent
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Thanks guys
How about 5&6 then? Any ex s3 users here?
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skibadee said:
Having decided the s4 still suffers from a laggy touchwiz from playing with 2 store demo models last week, and being impressed by the ones smoothness in another store; I'm seriously considering buying a one having had a galaxy S1, 2+3.
I have a few questions if people don't mind answering:
1. I'm not sure if I like blink feed and read you can't disable it. Would using a different launcher or will only a modified rom sort this?
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At the moment, there is no way to disable BF on Sense. I don't know of any ROM that has this yet either.
A new launcher will remove it though (and enable more than 5 screens)
2. Does adding a few widgets to your home screen cause any lag in scrolling?
3. Anyone had an s3 and can tell me what battery life is like in comparison?
4. I like smart stay, I gather there's an app that does similar. How well does it work on the one?
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Can't comment.
5. Is rooting as easy and safe, ie hiding for warranty returns?
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Easy and safe yet. But hiding for warranty?
Once you unlock the bootloader, it will say TAMPERED in HBoot. There is no way around this as of yet. If this voids warrenty, I guess it depends on your carrier, or how HTCs view on it.
6. Any previous s3 users really noticing the contrast difference ie not so good blacks? I've had amoled for 3 years now
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I had a SNS before, it had a AMOLED screen, but obviously not as good as the S3. Personally I haven't noticed anything bad that makes me not like the screen. It could be that it doesn't bother me/I don't use it for applications that require top grade screens/the jump from SNS to ONE is big enough to shadow the display technology.
This is really subjective, you'll have to try them out your self.
xGary said:
1) A different launcher or rom would remove BlinkFeed.
2) No lag. I have 6 screens and 15+ widgets and I don't see any lag.
3) I've never had an S3, but looking at the data, the HTC One battery is better than S3 but not as good as S4.
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SmartStay is not available on sense. The phone will turn off whether you look at it or not.
I think, this is the only feature I'm missing.
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Sibbi said:
SmartStay is not available on sense. The phone will turn off whether you look at it or not.
I think, this is the only feature I'm missing.
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Ahh, so there isn't a sense equivalent? I actually meant a 3rd party app on play store, looking at comments though they all seem to crash the camera doh!
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Samsung S4 capabilities

Can some S4 capabilities like air view,air gesture and eye control be ported on our beloved XZ?
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No.
Sure?
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beni8978 said:
Sure?
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Yes.
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There's an app for smart stay called iseeyou. Dunno of there are apps for the other options
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beni8978 said:
Can some S4 capabilities like air view,air gesture and eye control be ported on our beloved XZ?
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AirGesture and etc are workinv by a sensor
So can't be ported on another phones
But devs can use another sensors to make these apps for example front camera for eye tracking and....
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Smart Features like S3 (Developers Answers please)

Hello, my Question is it possible to have some features like Smart Stay,Smart Pause... how on S3?
I know that need some of special data files for the Camera.
But when i really good developer create this files is it possible that we have a correct worked S3 Features like Smart Stay....?
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Nemeziz 56th said:
Hello, my Question is it possible to have some features like Smart Stay,Smart Pause... how on S3?
I know that need some of special data files for the Camera.
But when i really good developer create this files is it possible that we have a correct worked S3 Features like Smart Stay....?
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Probably it is, but it would be a little tough porting it to our device I think

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