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Saving to google contacts by default

Hello. I have a few questions for JB. I was expecting most of these to be gone, but still haven't found a solution so I thought I'd ask.
So, is there a way to save contacts to google contacts BY DEFAULT?

scooterlord said:
Hello. I have a few questions for JB. I was expecting most of these to be gone, but still haven't found a solution so I thought I'd ask.
So, is there a way to save contacts to google contacts BY DEFAULT?
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They do, don't they? I don't think anyone's gonna give you a mod just so you don't have to tap one window before you add a contact
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I wasn't expecting a mod, maybe something I missed out. That's why I hate my switch from iOS to android. In iOS you have every feature you could have thought to need, just waiting for you to use it.

I'm sorry, but I can't help from laughing at that comment!!

Tcm9669 said:
I'm sorry, but I can't help from laughing at that comment!!
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:/ laugh all you want. Facts are facts.

scooterlord said:
I wasn't expecting a mod, maybe something I missed out. That's why I hate my switch from iOS to android. In iOS you have every feature you could have thought to need, just waiting for you to use it.
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You're actually kidding right? IOS is the most bland closed featureless system there is. Lets see what android can do that IOS can't
1. Insert SDcard
2. No limits on how big apps are when downloading with 3G
3. Live wallpaper
4. Install stuff from anywhere you want, no jailbreak (root to us) required
5. Better specs, cheaper price
6. Root, roms etc
7. Don't need itunes to move files around
8. Themes
9. £30 to repair in a shop instead of over £100
10. You're in the wrong place to insult android, go away
Sent from my rooted P880

@non4 said:
You're actually kidding right? IOS is the most bland closed featureless system there is. Lets see what android can do that IOS can't
1. Insert SDcard
2. No limits on how big apps are when downloading with 3G
3. Live wallpaper
4. Install stuff from anywhere you want, no jailbreak (root to us) required
5. Better specs, cheaper price
6. Root, roms etc
7. Don't need itunes to move files around
8. Themes
9. £30 to repair in a shop instead of over £100
10. You're in the wrong place to insult android, go away
Sent from my rooted P880
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Although I wasn't expecting this kind of answer, I will still reply. I am not a fanboy, both oses have their pros and cons. Hardware-wise, android might be one generation ahead (check your list above), but software-wise it has a long way to mature until it reaches iOS standards.
You might feel like you have freedom, but probably have been visiting this forum waiting for the unlocked bootloader - so, the need to jailbreak is the same as this one. Once jailbroken on the iphone, you have no need of itunes, no need of anything. As for sds, batteris etc, personally I never ran out of data space on my 16gb device.
What android users don't see (or can't accept) for the apple devices are three things.
a) Accessories - tell me if you have found a decent case/car mount/pod base/WHATEVER for your android device.
b) the iOS experience is the same EVERY SINGLE TIME. No lags, no hangups. Once speedy-ALWAYS speedy. Just try one and see. I don't know why android keeps re-optimizing my email, I don't know why sometimes a 4-core cellphone lags to enter the call list, sometimes lags even on the home screen - never happened on my..(wait for it) 3GS!
c) Apple Store is AGES ahead play store - quality stuff ONLY. Keep in mind that devs use iOS to develop and PORT to android later.
As I said.. facts are facts.

Want a closed up featureless OS that is a compleate waste for more powerfull phones?
Check out Windows Phone.
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scooterlord said:
a) Accessories - tell me if you have found a decent case/car mount/pod base/WHATEVER for your android device.
b) the iOS experience is the same EVERY SINGLE TIME. No lags, no hangups. Once speedy-ALWAYS speedy. Just try one and see. I don't know why android keeps re-optimizing my email, I don't know why sometimes a 4-core cellphone lags to enter the call list, sometimes lags even on the home screen - never happened on my..(wait for it) 3GS!
c) Apple Store is AGES ahead play store - quality stuff ONLY. Keep in mind that devs use iOS to develop and PORT to android later.
As I said.. facts are facts.
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I have to say he is right on this one... I have an iPod Touch 4 and it hardly lags with anything.
As for the Store, they have only quality stuff because App Store carefully checks every submission to see if it's worthy to end up there.
Developers pay 100$ to submit an app, so you can bet yourself they will work hard on it.
Android takes 30$ for submission, you can submit an app that only had a big red button to open google and it'll still end up in Play Store.

I had an iphone and I hated it, got straight back to android as soon as I could. What apple really does is block good devs from getting their apps in, look at kaalus having issues with survivalcraft, and they do let junk on there too. Its smooth, but thats it, my o4x is smooth too. I don't give a damn about cases, and as for the bootloader thats unfortunate but I still choose android. Android is open source and its functionality can be expanded a lot more than iphone without even rooting it. Its a closed system designed to filter all your money to apple. And not to mention they break so damn easy!
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and do you know why devs start dev'ing on iOS phones? cause they're all the same... same size, HW and so on. it is way harder to develop an android app, cause you need to support (LDPI), MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, completely different chipsets/hardware in general. and another question? do you know why it is "smooth"? because you need to optimize the rom only one time and it fits to all devices. BTW, have you ever seen a real custom rom or even a recovery on an apple device? i haven't.
if you know what you're doing, android is way better than iOS. it can be way smoother and faster. and the most important thing about android: it is OPEN SOURCE.
if you hate android that much, why did you even buy it? you're of course free to leave.
So let's keep it with that and back to topic.

laufersteppenwolf said:
and do you know why devs start dev'ing on iOS phones? cause they're all the same... same size, HW and so on. it is way harder to develop an android app, cause you need to support (LDPI), MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, completely different chipsets/hardware in general. and another question? do you know why it is "smooth"? because you need to optimize the rom only one time and it fits to all devices. BTW, have you ever seen a real custom rom or even a recovery on an apple device? i haven't.
if you know what you're doing, android is way better than iOS. it can be way smoother and faster. and the most important thing about android: it is OPEN SOURCE.
if you hate android that much, why did you even buy it? you're of course free to leave.
So let's keep it with that and back to topic.
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It's not that I hate Android, it's just that I find iOS better in some cases. And that's about it. The phone I got as a gift, and previously being an owner of an android tablet I thought I'd adjust and see great improvements - which unfortunately I didn't. It's just a matter of preference though and it stems from the individual's needs.
As you said, back to topic, is there a solution to what I am asking? I saw my friends Galaxy S3 last night and he selects it only ONCE and it's autoselected after that. So, any ideas?

scooterlord said:
It's not that I hate Android, it's just that I find iOS better in some cases. And that's about it. The phone I got as a gift, and previously being an owner of an android tablet I thought I'd adjust and see great improvements - which unfortunately I didn't. It's just a matter of preference though and it stems from the individual's needs.
As you said, back to topic, is there a solution to what I am asking? I saw my friends Galaxy S3 last night and he selects it only ONCE and it's autoselected after that. So, any ideas?
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Maybe there is on s3, but not ours as far as I know. I don't see the big deal at all, you got arthritis in your thumb? No but seriously I don't know just tap the option and live with it if someone knows they will surely tell you
Sent from my rooted P880

scooterlord said:
I wasn't expecting a mod, maybe something I missed out. That's why I hate my switch from iOS to android. In iOS you have every feature you could have thought to need, just waiting for you to use it.
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I just wanted to fix this for you, since this is the basis of this argument:
In iOS you have every feature you're used to just the way you like it*.
* - or the way you're used to - sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, since "the way you like it" is usually as good as the best way you found of doing something.. if something better comes along, it becomes "the way you like it".
IMO, the great thing about Android is that you can adapt the features to the way you want it. Same thing goes for LG's UI and Sammy's TouchWiz - if you don't like the things they added to the stock Android, you can install a launcher more suited to your needs (and more flexible too). Same goes for the basic apps for SMS, Email, etc. And you might think the iOS does it right on the first try (as do some Nexus users), but the fact you have alternatives is a plus for me.
And the reason it's not completely Off-Topic is this: the same applies to your question. The S3 might have something done differently than the LG, because they made different design choices. Some people might not liking to have every contact of theirs in their Google account (as many are still distrustful of Google's privacy rules), so LG preferred to have people choose everytime. S3 chose a set-it-and-forget-it POV, which some people might prefer, while others might not. And if you don't like the way it is in the phone you got, just get an app that does it the way you want it.
Or develop it (another HUGE plus for Android, IMO).

skryptus said:
I just wanted to fix this for you, since this is the basis of this argument:
In iOS you have every feature you're used to just the way you like it*.
* - or the way you're used to - sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, since "the way you like it" is usually as good as the best way you found of doing something.. if something better comes along, it becomes "the way you like it".
IMO, the great thing about Android is that you can adapt the features to the way you want it. Same thing goes for LG's UI and Sammy's TouchWiz - if you don't like the things they added to the stock Android, you can install a launcher more suited to your needs (and more flexible too). Same goes for the basic apps for SMS, Email, etc. And you might think the iOS does it right on the first try (as do some Nexus users), but the fact you have alternatives is a plus for me.
And the reason it's not completely Off-Topic is this: the same applies to your question. The S3 might have something done differently than the LG, because they made different design choices. Some people might not liking to have every contact of theirs in their Google account (as many are still distrustful of Google's privacy rules), so LG preferred to have people choose everytime. S3 chose a set-it-and-forget-it POV, which some people might prefer, while others might not. And if you don't like the way it is in the phone you got, just get an app that does it the way you want it.
Or develop it (another HUGE plus for Android, IMO).
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Very well said. Trouble with apple is it does it one way, and only one way. With android theres several ways to do one thing. The longer you use android the more shortcuts you can learn and it really starts to flow, android grows on you, apple is more noob friendly
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It's not a big deal but I'd like to automatic save my contacts on google acount or smartphone memory, cause I use to forget to tick the option and my contacts keep beeing saved on the SIM card.

back on topic, default save location
So... I used search and found this iphone rant, instead of trying to post something in a new topic, lets do something insane and try to get an XDA topic back ON topic
Previous phones supported default save locations so I thought i missed something, here are tutorials for other roms:
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/20432/android-auto-save-contacts-to-phone-or-sim-card-by-default/
http://genius-tips.com/change-default-save-location-for-contacts-in-android/
Why it matters, I quickly save contacts without looking at the location and later discover they are gone, this is because I only show google contacts.

Nexus 5 just became less unique

I completely understand why Google did this but one thing I liked about the N5 was how it had features other phones didn't. One big one just went bye-bye. http://gigaom.com/2014/08/01/the-go...ailable-for-almost-all-modern-android-phones/

GNL has been available for other devices for a while now.
The apk has been floating around the web since the N5 was released or shortly there after.
I still think the nexus line of devices are still very unique in that they get the fastest updates and developer support is second to none!
If there is a particular developer's work you like to follow, make sure to support him/her to show them your appreciation! :thumbup:
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk 2

Agreed with giant22000. N5 is best

peach007 said:
Agreed with giant22000. N5 is best
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Don't get me wrong, I love the N5 and have been nothing but pleased with it since I got mine. I liked the fact that I had a launcher that others did not and could not have without going out of the way to get it. Now it is much easier to install for users and I would expect it to pop up more in the wild than previously seen.

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Don't get me wrong, I love the N5 and have been nothing but pleased with it since I got mine. I liked the fact that I had a launcher that others did not and could not have without going out of the way to get it. Now it is much easier to install for users and I would expect it to pop up more in the wild than previously seen.
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I felt like that with the new google camera. I thought they were just going to update it for the N5 but they ended up releasing it for a lot of phones. However, maybe that will speed up new updates for it since it's not just for one phone.

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I felt like that with the new google camera. I thought they were just going to update it for the N5 but they ended up releasing it for a lot of phones. However, maybe that will speed up new updates for it since it's not just for one phone.
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Only the Nexus 5 can use "HDR+" (HDR isn't anywhere near the same as "HDR+"), which is closed source (and also limited to Google Camera).

This has been available for a while now. I was running it on my Galaxy Nexus back in the day and, when it hit Google Play, many GPE devices were able to install it too. Now it’s even available on a lowly iPhone (some more detail at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Now).

I'll file this thread under "slow news day."

Honestly I hardly ever used the GNL

Lethargy said:
Only the Nexus 5 can use "HDR+" (HDR isn't anywhere near the same as "HDR+"), which is closed source (and also limited to Google Camera).
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Yeah good point. I mean I'm over it now lol. I remember being a bit upset about the lens blur. Even though a lot of cameras have that feature already.

The launcher is by far the furthest thing from making the Nexus 5 what it is.

TheLastSidekick said:
The launcher is by far the furthest thing from making the Nexus 5 what it is.
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This. I actually don't like it at all. Nova all the way.

I hated the exclusive feature of GEL or GNL whatever it's called. Let it be open to all(without side loading)

Why are you upset that others have the option of the launcher ... Sorry but that seems childish

O.T. Less unique is also impossible. Something is either unique or not. There is no halfway.

You bought a phone with unlimited customization capabilities and you whine that the stock launcher for it, the phone that is the DEVELOPMENT device, for the entire Android ecosystem, has been made available to other Android devices?
First World Privilege Problems?
Kids these days...

The nexus series is always unique as it always gets the latest & the greatest android. Google had no plan of making the launcher a nexus 5 only thing. Even in the worst case, I'm sure Google would have at least supported the launcher on the older nexus phones officially. All of it was a part of Google's plan. First they saw how people received the launcher on the nexus 5. Following all the hype, they eventually made it available to all the devices out there.
Remember, Google's primary aim is to make all of its services available to all of its users. That's why they built android. They used android to reach their users & to make their services available to them easily & efficiently.

This really only applies to most of us that mod or like to customize our phones. IMO those people probably already use GOOGLE NOW Launcher anyways on whatever custom ROM they are running. I really dont see how this makes the phone less unique. Apps are not unique, the actual phone is what makes it unique than other phones on the market.
my 2 cents

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Finalbrez said:
I'm considering buying a Galaxy S6. I've barely even used android, but I hate touchwiz already. I hate it for one main reason, the notification tray. I cannot stand that at all. I've looked into a some options for removing touchwiz, such as running an AOSP based rom, but that apparently isn't going to be supported for a while. Is there anyway to get the notification tray to look like a nexus device where a double swipe will get you the toggles? I am currently using an iPhone that has been jailbroken, and have been playing with the SDK. I don't really have a problem building AOSP from source, as long as its relatively simple. If it is not really possible for an AOSP rom to be built on my own, what would an eta be on a AOSP rom for it be?
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I don't know of any way to change the notification tray unless you install an AOSP ROM. Which doesn't exist right now. Change home launcher? Of course. Notification tray. Nope lol

Building AOSP from source would be a big challenge as Samsung is known for not providing proper documentation for its Exynos processors. This was the case till the last one, i.e. Exynos 5433. Not sure how it is now. Touchwiz provides a lot of theming options which changes the notification tray.
Please play with one of the phones at a store before considering buying it. Buying it to run AOSP ROMS might be a futile exercise as of now.

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Finalbrez said:
That's really going to be a deal breaker then. Sadly, it looks like I will be going for an older phone like the Note 4 or Nexus 6.
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while i love my S6...i sure do miss my Note 4. The lack of dev work (which i understand) is hurting my soul lol Not complaining...i cant make a ROM and i strictly rely on their work. I am grateful...but i am also an "addict" and need rom and mod options lol

The g3 broke my flashing addiction so thats no longer a issue for me but I still want to tweak the ui without heavy modding, Samsung us going to give us that option. They have a theming program that will support the s6 this summer. Maybe hold out until that is released and see what it can and cannot do before you commit to a device.

v2.2v said:
while i love my S6...i sure do miss my Note 4. The lack of dev work (which i understand) is hurting my soul lol Not complaining...i cant make a ROM and i strictly rely on their work. I am grateful...but i am also an "addict" and need rom and mod options lol
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As much as I love my S6 I do miss my Note as well. I got rid of it just as CM went official...
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Very, Very, VERY stupid question

Hi al, i have a stupid question for you; i'm not a cook/rom mixer, i don't have any experience with this world.... I see the note 4/edge has the same processor and gpu of our nexus 6, anyone has tried to port any sort of rom touchwiz based or is impossible at all?

lopanedino said:
Hi al, i have a stupid question for you; i'm not a cook/rom mixer, i don't have any experience with this world.... I see the note 4/edge has the same processor and gpu of our nexus 6, anyone has tried to port any sort of rom touchwiz based or is impossible at all?
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nobody wants touchwiz on a nexus, thats why people buy nexus phones..

simms22 said:
nobody wants touchwiz on a nexus, thats why people buy nexus phones..
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lol.... in the notification panel of my phone i have read: you were killed by simms22...
ok.... the question are very stupid :silly:

lopanedino said:
lol.... in the notification panel of my phone i have read: you were killed by simms22...
ok.... the question are very stupid :silly:
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i killed myself??? eek!
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in reality, some people tried to port it to the n6, but gave up. then others tried porting it, and then they gave up. there are a very few who would like to see it, but not many, or enough.

Touchwiz on a Nexus ? That sounds more like a punishment rather than benefit.

the title of this thread says it all......

But that is the beauty of having a Nexus... Make a mistake (like putting Touchwiz on a Nexus) and fix it easily.
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touchwiz+knox= android heaven ?
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Touchwiz no no! Many newcomers here switched to Nexus to not deal with touchwiz/knox. It's too laggy & unoptimized. This week the vzw note 4 finally had its bootloader unlocked. Which is a huge feat. Everyone there is thrilled to finally run cm13 to ditch touchwiz. I personally ditched touchwiz the day 4.3/knox was introduced. Knox=devil
Sent from my Nexus 6

Touchwiz sounds like something a pervert would do.
No thanks.

nunjabusiness said:
Touchwiz sounds like something a pervert would do.
No thanks.
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lol.... i haved a s4 and a note edge.... the first thing when i caught the s4: install the rom google play edition, and with the edge..... cm..... mine was only a question to know the potentiality of our nexus :fingers-crossed: (xcuse me for my english but i'm from genoa)

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lol.... i haved a s4 and a note edge.... the first thing when i caught the s4: install the rom google play edition, and with the edge..... cm..... mine was only a question to know the potentiality of our nexus :fingers-crossed: (xcuse me for my english but i'm from genoa)
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I had the S4 before the Nexus. I didn't realize how difficult it is to use Samsung vs. Nexus. For example, the S4 has many different varients like S4 Sprint, ATT, Verizon, etc... there were several times where I flashed the wrong or incorrectly labeled ROM which was for another varient. Then using ODIN, etc, etc.....too much of a headache. Plus the S7 has a locked bootloader across the board so Samsung pretty much has put an end to any type of custom anything actually.

I wouldn't mind the touchwiz multi or floating windows hahaha
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nunjabusiness said:
Touchwiz sounds like something a pervert would do.
No thanks.
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tApPeD fROM mY nEXuS 6

He said he is new so common guys, no essentially no one has but you can get modifications on android and themes via a cyanogenmod rom to make it very touchwiz like if thats your thing. You have to stick to the roms listed for your phone base tho as even tho hardware is the same the bios programming and some internals are not indentical and would cause you to brick the device aka turn it into a paper weight, Best of luck and ask on the thread of the rom you look into eventually and there will always be someone willing to help.

No such thing as a stupid question when it comes to Android, when you're working with such a flexible system that has such a HUGE dev scene, anything goes. I'd say it was a decent question, however, like everyone else said, why would you want that on a Nexus? To each their own I guess, but a personal thought: Isn't touchwiz framework and all closed source?

The amount of code added to Android by Samsung, LG, and HTC is so extensive they usually will have a second framework just for the skin. However, simply removing that second framework doesn't get you a stock Android appearance. It simply gets you a device that doesn't function. That's because while the second framework is the obvious location for much of the added code, all the other stock Android files have snippets of Touchwiz code added to them that refer to that second framework. Independent of executive meddling from the carriers, the added code is the reason Samsung takes so long to provide updates to their devices.
Their devices are far more responsive when you throw an AOSP-based firmware on them, since there's no Touchwiz overhead. That's assuming of course that you don't have a locked bootloader.

Stock Android Experience

Hello, just wondering what I can do to get my snapdragon note as close to stock android as possible. I've changed the launcher, but I'm not aware of many other things to do to the phone - there aren't a huge amount of custom ROMs available yet, and changing the skin only goes so far. Is there anything I can do to essentially remove touchwiz and move away from samsung's UI?

You bought a Samsung phone, now you want a stock android experience... Buy a Google pixel !
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if Samsung had done the hardware for a pixel phone, that would have been an easy buy - I'd just rather have a phone with basically no hardware drawbacks and hope I can change the software rather than have some things I dislike that I can't change. It'd be wonderful to own both phones but each's price tag makes having both a bit difficult

devoi- said:
if Samsung had done the hardware for a pixel phone, that would have been an easy buy - I'd just rather have a phone with basically no hardware drawbacks and hope I can change the software rather than have some things I dislike that I can't change. It'd be wonderful to own both phones but each's price tag makes having both a bit difficult
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What is it that you don't seem to like with TouchWiz? What is missing from what is provided in Pixel2? What is the bloat that you are seeing? Is there any lag?

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What is it that you don't seem to like with TouchWiz? What is missing from what is provided in Pixel2? What is the bloat that you are seeing? Is there any lag?
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It's not bad software and it's not missing anything - I just prefer the look and feel of the stock Android software without any non-changeable skin. Samsung did a lot of things right with TouchWiz, but I just prefer the look of Google's android without just feeling bloated by a lot of Samsung apps just sitting around without use (there's no noticeable lag, I might just be a purist). While not a big issue, I absolutely hate the font experience, given that there's no way to get something like Roboto and Product Sans onto this thing.

There are ways through theming and porting apps but personally, after doing that, I missed the Samsung experience and went back.
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devoi- said:
Hello, just wondering what I can do to get my snapdragon note as close to stock android as possible. I've changed the launcher, but I'm not aware of many other things to do to the phone - there aren't a huge amount of custom ROMs available yet, and changing the skin only goes so far. Is there anything I can do to essentially remove touchwiz and move away from samsung's UI?
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Ignore everyone saying 'why didn't you buy a Pixel'...silly and unhelpful comments that completely miss the point of your question lol... I understand why you would prefer the Note 8 hardware . So ignore the kiddie responses and instead refer to this guide which gives a pretty good outline of what you are looking for: https://www.howtogeek.com/258120/how-to-make-the-samsung-galaxy-s7-feel-more-like-stock-android/

If you want a stock experience you should take your phone back and get a pixel or something else but hey what do I know

Stock is missing many useful features.
It's bland and boring.
It has been very slowly stealing other OEM good ideas so it's a little better than a few years ago but I still can't use it on my main phone.
Tablet I rarely use is fine.

BK Disabler, and Pixel launcher.
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