First get Nova Launcher the paid version
Play with it and soon the lag disappears
Second get a screen protector!
There you go. No need to for all out instructions or reviews
Our note 4 is Awesome. Its how you use it and maintain it is how it will continue!
Wtf?
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Um... What?
Lol fail
Thanks man. You have just saved my day. I should donate to your PayPal account for you incredible wisdom. Next time I have speed issues with my note 4 which is already lag free I will come to you so you can recommend me an app that everyone has seen before. Not to mention the screen protector idea. I mean. Silly me, why didn't I think of that.
Nova creates about a one second delay before my click registers when I click on an app such as messaging for example. I went straight back to Touchwiz since there is no reason for that.
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Stick to kung fu mate
mind blown
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Nova creates about a one second delay before my click registers when I click on an app such as messaging for example. I went straight back to Touchwiz since there is no reason for that.
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THIS!!!! I dont know why people keep changing launcher from touchwiz to nova launcher!!!!
nova launcher is laggy compared to touchwiz on galaxy note 4!! i keep going back to TW after trying nova launcher.
Now im starting to like the mi launcher prime, its been 4 days im using this launcher thou i experienced lags but who cares,
i just love the overall ui of my phone and the themes.
Cos nova is better than tw.... That's widely regarded. If you prefer tw that's fine. I probably don't like the colour of your bathroom. That's fine too.. It's called preference!
Wow great guide man! You solved all the worlds problems.
Maybe you can add a third step: Charge your phone after at night so you don't need to buy a new one after the battery is dead.
Another tip. Buy a SD card to store data on it. So you gain 37,43% cpu speed. I swear
Speaking of TW and Nova, one of the reasons I've been using Nova for the last few years (besides the customization and fluidity) is the option the backup the settings thorough the built in option or TB when switching roms.
Is there a way to backup the settings and grid on TW? Built in option or TB...?
I actually never tried to do it using TB because I preferred not to mess with system apps and backup user apps or xml backup...
Why would any sane person use a screen protector? It has gorilla glass 4, as long as you aren't stabbing the phone it will be fine
gabi11 said:
Speaking of TW and Nova, one of the reasons I've been using Nova for the last few years (besides the customization and fluidity) is the option the backup the settings thorough the built in option or TB when switching roms.
Is there a way to backup the settings and grid on TW? Built in option or TB...?
I actually never tried to do it using TB because I preferred not to mess with system apps and backup user apps or xml backup...
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I use MyBackupPro to backup my TW homescreens. It works well except with some widgets.
Satan, is that you ??
Really? Half of you really need to get a sense of humor. The hardest part of dealing with peoples concern with any samsung device is their hatred for Touchwhiz. Of course this in not a guide. Rather a simple suggestion to those who think Galaxy Flagships are laggy. They arent laggy. The Natural Touchwhiz Home launcher is built that way for looks. replacing it with Nova or others provides a quick response and stock AOSP look while maintaining the additions Samsung gives us.
Screen protector are for scratches not cracks IMO but even GG4 can crack and get scratches
Er. Aditya said:
Satan, is that you ??
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Why Satan and not Tim Cook?
Tom540 said:
Why would any sane person use a screen protector? It has gorilla glass 4, as long as you aren't stabbing the phone it will be fine
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Other people in the gorilla glass 4 thread have already gotten scratches on their screens. Even when GG3 came out everyone said you didn't need a screen protector. Then look what happened, people with sand in their pockets were tearing it up. I don't believe every claim companies make. Yes is it stronger. I will still use a rubber on this chick.
Related
The dreaded question:
Anyone have an Iphone theme for the fascinate? I love rubbing it in Iphone users faces that I can have the theme they have with an even better & more customizable phone.
1. Wrong section
2. Buy an iPhone
http://gundy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/iphonefail.jpg
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Not really man , there is an ADW theme thats not that great. If MIUI ever gets ported to us i think there is an iphone theme for that .
try my ADW mod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=845376
if you really wanted to rub that ability in their face, you would buy a windows mobile phone.
kind of an old post but I have just recently been interested in making an iPhone clone. here's what I've got
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miui has that iphone feel
Agreed, MIUI is the best option you have
.....why.....?
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Is there a them that looks similar to MIUI, without having to run MIUI itself. I ask this because I use MMS and the camcorder quite often, which currently doesn't work on MIUI.
I think its best for you to wait for MIUI to be finished. It will be the easiest and most seamless way to do it.
TouchWizz is pretty iphone looking imo.
MyNameIsColeB said:
kind of an old post but I have just recently been interested in making an iPhone clone. here's what I've got
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I actually like that.
ljbrenes said:
TouchWizz is pretty iphone looking imo.
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Good point. Decided to run SPB Shell 3D. It's a great interface that's just missing those few touches that would make it a must have launcher.
Once MIUI is fixed and working ~100% I'll definitely be going back to that.
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Good point. Decided to run SPB Shell 3D. It's a great interface that's just missing those few touches that would make it a must have launcher.
Once MIUI is fixed and working ~100% I'll definitely be going back to that.
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i figured out how to do an iphone theme
first, put all your apps on the home screen, then unroot your phone, glue the pattery cover to the phone. get a pad lock and glue that to the phone, and then before you do anything, find a guy named steve and ask him if its ok first
gunnermike said:
i figured out how to do an iphone theme
first, put all your apps on the home screen, then unroot your phone, glue the pattery cover to the phone. get a pad lock and glue that to the phone, and then before you do anything, find a guy named steve and ask him if its ok first
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Lol, this is priceless and so true.
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If u want your phone too look like a iphone .......BUY A IPHONE !!!!
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gunnermike said:
i figured out how to do an iphone theme
first, put all your apps on the home screen, then unroot your phone, glue the pattery cover to the phone. get a pad lock and glue that to the phone, and then before you do anything, find a guy named steve and ask him if its ok first
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Don't forget to mod the volume keys so when you hold it left handed, your reception goes to hell
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Hahaha...
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I am using the stock one that came with FireKat , how about you all?!?
Nova
Nova prime
Can't seem to like any launcher other than Nova Prime.
Used to exclusively use adw ex launcher til it was abandoned, nova prime is the best now hands down!
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Hello i yse apex what's the difference between nove n apex pro.. i don't want to buy it if it's almost identical
I can't seem to find anyone else who uses Smart Launcher haha. I found it a few years ago and never looked back.... Tho I am a creature of habit, so I'm sure there are others I would like if I tried them. .
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ADW. An oldie, but I've used it for years and I still love it.
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I am using the stock one that came with FireKat , how about you all?!?
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Same here. Tried Nova but didn't like it.
Depends on your preference, and what you're looking for out of each launcher.
Bells and whistles are fun, and with the hardware of the Note 4, it'll handle most RAM guzzling launchers smoothly.
That said, you can't beat Nova for pure functionality.
HOWEVER, if you like a bit of eye candy, and use other apps (ie. LazySwipe, LMT) to compliment your launcher, then I'd suggest giving a few others a try:
1) Aviate - good balance of functionality mixed w/ a bit of Google Now intuitiveness. Bit of a battery hog, but not enough to complete hate it.
2) Next Launcher 3D - amazing aesthetics w/ a lot of customization. Borders on overkill, but is fun to play around with.
3) Buzz Launcher. Functional, w/ plenty of user-submitted skins to apply.
Nova Prime. Been using it for years.
FireKat V10 modded 5x6 TouchWiz launcher. Love it.
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egren58 said:
Hello i yse apex what's the difference between nove n apex pro.. i don't want to buy it if it's almost identical
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Try out the regular Nova Launcher. You get most of the features and can easily get the feel for the launcher. You can also easily see in the app what additional features you gain by purchasing.
I moved to Nova on my Note 3 and have used it consistently ever since. I've tried others but they never hold up against Nova. Nova is quick and responsive. Great support for widget and shortcut placement resizing and editing and no extemporaneous bloat that just slows things down.
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Try out the regular Nova Launcher. You get most of the features and can easily get the feel for the launcher. You can also easily see in the app what additional features you gain by purchasing.
I moved to Nova on my Note 3 and have used it consistently ever since. I've tried others but they never hold up against Nova. Nova is quick and responsive. Great support for widget and shortcut placement resizing and editing and no extemporaneous bloat that just slows things down.
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I have already purchased apex pro. But my question is it worth buying nova,prime now.. to me they look very similar is what they can do.
egren58 said:
I have already purchased apex pro. But my question is it worth buying nova,prime now.. to me they look very similar is what they can do.
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And my response was: try out the free version and see if you like it. Only a few features are reserved for the paid version and they are visible in the launcher settings so you can see, after playing with the launcher, if those extra features are something you would want to pay for.
Lexun home if you like any launcher just like windows phone
You get plenty of option to download themes although the pre loaded theme is very bad i would say
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Hey guys frozt here just thought I would drop an idea by you guys that love the note 4 but hate touchwiz.
So I was thinking in theory it would be possible to when detaching the spen to open the "Pie" control since when you do it on stock the spent quucksettings popup, and pie is way more customizable and user friendly
So my whole point is do you think that this would be useful?
P.S. I went to my nexus 6 I need a Turing point as to why I should come back to the note 4
Stereo speakers and 6in screens a big deal for me. Any thoughts?
so listen to this
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Hey guys frozt here just thought I would drop an idea by you guys that love the note 4 but hate touchwiz.
So I was thinking in theory it would be possible to when detaching the spen to open the "Pie" control since when you do it on stock the spent quucksettings popup, and pie is way more customizable and user friendly
So my whole point is do you think that this would be useful?
P.S. I went to my nexus 6 I need a Turing point as to why I should come back to the note 4
Stereo speakers and 6in screens a big deal for me. Any thoughts?
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there are many pie apps available in google play store. download any of them.
now go and search in same play store with keywords "note", "spen", "detach" and you ll get 2 or 3 apps which allows to launch an app on detach on aosp as well. chose wisely. hurray you got it.
nexus 6 with stock vs note 4 for tw.
---> tw has many options compared to stock android and nothing beats shealth, air command (spencommand for replacement), writing buddy, one hand, toolbox, upsm, camera, snote, finger lock, multi window, lock screen effects, accessibility settings, private mode, s finder, pop up call ................. phewwwwwww and many more.
hope you got your answer. :silly:
if stereo speakers is all u need then i cant do anything for you but screen is almost same only 0.3in difference so it should not matter.
I ran CM11/12 AOSP nightlies on my Note 2 right up till now. I replaced it with a Note 4 and you know what, Samsung knows best when it comes to the S-Pen and has integrated it well. I'm probably not going to flash any custom roms this time.
ravijani said:
there are many pie apps available in google play store. download any of them.
now go and search in same play store with keywords "note", "spen", "detach" and you ll get 2 or 3 apps which allows to launch an app on detach on aosp as well. chose wisely. hurray you got it.
nexus 6 with stock vs note 4 for tw.
---> tw has many options compared to stock android and nothing beats shealth, air command (spencommand for replacement), writing buddy, one hand, toolbox, upsm, camera, snote, finger lock, multi window, lock screen effects, accessibility settings, private mode, s finder, pop up call ................. phewwwwwww and many more.
hope you got your answer. :silly:
if stereo speakers is all u need then i cant do anything for you but screen is almost same only 0.3in difference so it should not matter.
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I love my nexus 6, its got everything I'm a visual guy and the look makes it sexy. I build widget in Zooper and it just adds to it, but Samsung has more of what I will need as I'm headed towards my pH.D.
As for the apps I understand that but what I was getting at is detaching opens pie with those feats from stock. Idk just and idea I thought no one had explored. So my nexus is posted and I'm gonna trade it!
Also I'm a T-Mobile user would the snapdragon be better or exynos?
Zooper Clocks coming to Samsung!
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I love my nexus 6, its got everything I'm a visual guy and the look makes it sexy. I build widget in Zooper and it just adds to it, but Samsung has more of what I will need as I'm headed towards my pH.D.
As for the apps I understand that but what I was getting at is detaching opens pie with those feats from stock. Idk just and idea I thought no one had explored. So my nexus is posted and I'm gonna trade it!
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snapdragon for better custom roms support as exynos will always suffer with lack of devs working on it.
and note is worth every penny. its not for guys who loves big and beautiful its also worthy for day to day work for any individual as well.
Hey
My fiance got a P9 lite a few weeks ago.
Loving vanilla Android, I actually liked the P9 lite. Especially the 3 battery mode settings.
Her battery life seems to be pretty good, better than my Nexus 5x. So I ordered one.
Any tips for when I receive it?
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Well, it not really is vanilla android what you find on the P9. For me it is more a iOS themed android. Which is not bad, esthetics are really nice if you'd ask me. However, as a first thing I installed a launcher which I use for many years now (around 5) because I kinda need an app drawer.
Besides, you should get familiar with so called "protected apps". The selection makes sure a nice balance between push notifications and battery life.
Third, have a look at the accessories threads. I dont know if you usually use cases but I highly recommend the barely there case. It doesnt destroy the design of the phone.
Lastly, have a play with the camera. Especially the bokeh mode is astonishing.
Have fun with the phone, mate.
oTToToTenTanz said:
Well, it not really is vanilla android what you find on the P9. For me it is more a iOS themed android. Which is not bad, esthetics are really nice if you'd ask me. However, as a first thing I installed a launcher which I use for many years now (around 5) because I kinda need an app drawer.
Besides, you should get familiar with so called "protected apps". The selection makes sure a nice balance between push notifications and battery life.
Third, have a look at the accessories threads. I dont know if you usually use cases but I highly recommend the barely there case. It doesnt destroy the design of the phone.
Lastly, have a play with the camera. Especially the bokeh mode is astonishing.
Have fun with the phone, mate.
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I meant that I normally like pure Android, but I actually liked the P9, despite not being pure Android.
Thanks for the tips
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oTToToTenTanz said:
Well, it not really is vanilla android what you find on the P9. For me it is more a iOS themed android. Which is not bad, esthetics are really nice if you'd ask me. However, as a first thing I installed a launcher which I use for many years now (around 5) because I kinda need an app drawer.
Besides, you should get familiar with so called "protected apps". The selection makes sure a nice balance between push notifications and battery life.
Third, have a look at the accessories threads. I dont know if you usually use cases but I highly recommend the barely there case. It doesnt destroy the design of the phone.
Lastly, have a play with the camera. Especially the bokeh mode is astonishing.
Have fun with the phone, mate.
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Is there any harm setting the protected apps to all off?
Depends what app it is,
I just have these protected, I also use nova launcher so I have an app drawer and can resize icons.
Other than the lack of app drawer, I think the os is fantastic, really quick, I prefer it to vanilla android.
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Depends what app it is,
I just have these protected, I also use nova launcher so I have an app drawer and can resize icons.
Other than the lack of app drawer, I think the os is fantastic, really quick, I prefer it to vanilla android.
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Hey
Ok, I'm still getting what's app messages even with these off,
I agree, this OS is pretty good, way more geeky options than the vanilla Android
oxfordmark said:
Hey
My fiance got a P9 lite a few weeks ago.
Loving vanilla Android, I actually liked the P9 lite. Especially the 3 battery mode settings.
Her battery life seems to be pretty good, better than my Nexus 5x. So I ordered one.
Any tips for when I receive it?
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You should definitely try out some of the themes on here.
lets get it started
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Posted the wrong one,
I do not like anything on my home screen, I use Next Launcher to make the app launcher to disappear, and to make notifications disappear also,so when I show the beautiful screen that is all that person sees . I use the edge launcher to get to the things I need quickly.
i like things simple lol
Todays
pmjj said:
I do not like anything on my home screen, I use Next Launcher to make the app launcher to disappear, and to make notifications disappear also,so when I show the beautiful screen that is all that person sees . I use the edge launcher to get to the things I need quickly.
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lol now thats plane
Here is my home screen with nova launcher beta with google now integration and another widget at the top. I don't really like the weather part of the widget cause it does not update the weather fast enough for me but its cool for now. I like my clean look. Never been a fan of touch wiz.
happy day folks!
I think this is pretty simplistic and ultra easy on my battery..
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I'm glad the Verizon Note 8 is getting some traction
Just have 3 pages of dock icons. I don't like them all over the screen like a crapple iphone...
gen3benz said:
Just have 3 pages of dock icons. I don't like them all over the screen like a crapple iphone...
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Apparently Shawn from the walking dead found a beach in Arizona. Nice job.
Tyie101 said:
Apparently Shawn from the walking dead found a beach in Arizona. Nice job.
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LOL
I get told I look like him all the time. Cheers
My Note 8 Home screen set up
No extra launcher. Just used icon color changing app and floating. Really wish someone could make a fully themed dialer and sms app so I don't have to use the third party app like Pulse (my current, highly customizable sms app). Although I think it's time I learned how to theme apps rather than just icons
theroncr said:
No extra launcher. Just used icon color changing app and floating. Really wish someone could make a fully themed dialer and sms app so I don't have to use the third party app like Pulse (my current, highly customizable sms app). Although I think it's time I learned how to theme apps rather than just icons
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If you know how to use bk disabled you can have any paid app from theme store for free.
cclem81 said:
If you know how to use bk disabled you can have any paid app from theme store for free.
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I will certainly be looking into that. Primarily I want to change the dial screen to a blue call button and things like that.... any videos or hints on how to accomplish things of that nature?
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jon35620 .. what is that live wallpaper you're using ?