Hi, im not sure if there is any way to run aosp apps on our galaxy. Im looking for Calendar, phone, contacts and calculator. Thanks in advance.
Edit: think posted in wrong area, sorry. But any apps out there?
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I suspect this thread will be moved, but I can offer some advice.
I mined out the AOSP apps from this Vibrant AOSPish JK2 v1.1 ROM:
http:// forum.xda-developers.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=9416951
I farted around with a few of them, but in the end just kept the Calendar, and Car Home. Contacts didn't seem to work (had a blue screen and just behaved oddly), Calculator didn't offer much. I prefer the AOSP Music app, but the MusicMod app from the Market is an improved version.
When I get a chance I would like to fiddle with getting the live wallpapers installed as well. Then I will proceed to never use them and eventually uninstall...
Now that a custom, hybrid ROM is available for the 7"KFHD, many owners are looking to take the plunge. Rather than cluttering up the development thread, I wanted to start something in Q&A.
For those trying this out, what is the benefit over stock? I have access to the Play Store, and can get to most of that with an added launcher (Golauncher in my case).
Is all the Amazon functionality intact? I see Prime videos are fixed. Does it use KFHD Amazon apps, or their Play Store equivalents? Any downside to this?
Does it keep the stock Amazon launcher, or does a recommended launcher come preinstalled? I love the fix to let us install without going to system/apps.
Thanks,
Alan
It solves a lot of issues with a stock root. Like moving launchers to /system/app no longer necessary. Gmail notifications crashing the status bar no longer an issue. Battery percentage on status bar. Lock screen ads. A whole lot more menu options.
Amazon functionality is intact but DO NOT update any of the Amazon apps in the Google play store.
It keeps the Amazon launcher. You can install whatever you want.
Welcome, This Is My First Post, I Am Here To Share With You The Google Experience Launcher, It Has Being Released On The New Android 4.4, I Have Recently Installed It Onto My XOOM, And It Works Perfectly, No Need To Uninstall The Original Launcher.
First, make sure to enable the unknown apps by going into your device Settings > Security > and checking Unknown sources. From there download the updated Google Search and Google Home (linked below). From there, press the home button and select “Launcher” as your default homescreen — this is the new Google Experience Launcher. enjoy the new google experice launcher
because of me being new and I haven't got any posts I am unable to post links so what Ive done is added the links to a text document, sorry about this once I have the amount of posts needed I will added the links to the page. The document contains 2 links, one for the launcher and one for the new google search, both are working perfectly on the XOOM.
See the images attached
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Search is available from the Play Store. Launcher worked great on my phone, but I needed to force close Trebuchet first. Thanks.
its working on my wingray, but it's a bit laggy, i'll stay on nova luncher.
I'm using a rooted 5.1.1 KFFOWI and would like to add widgets to WidgetLocker. (This is not about disabling the stock lockscreen, I did that with Xposed.)
However, attempting to add a widget with the program opens settings and does not add the widget, even when WidgetLocker is made a system app. Is there anything I can do, or has Amazon won this round?
This seems to be a feature of the stock Fire OS. On my Fire 7, I had rooted it and added Nova launcher with Root Junky's SuperTool. Still, it had the same problem you are seeing. When trying to add widgets from the Nova launcher, the Fire 7 went to the Fire OS setup menu instead of popping up a permission screen to add a widget.
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Finally, I loaded the Nexus rom with Flashfire and now the Nova launcher is able to add widgets to the home screen. Adding a custom rom (I like the Nexus rom) is really the only way to make a decent tablet from the Fire 7. You have to get rid of the stock Fire OS rom and replace it with a custom rom in order to add widgets..
I have 3 Fire 7's (all with 5.1.2 firmware) that I have rooted with RootJunky's SuperTool (April 3 ver) and then added the Nexus ROM (20160405 ver) using FlashFire v.031. They all work great now.
Robo-rooter said:
This seems to be a feature of the stock Fire OS. On my Fire 7, I had rooted it and added Nova launcher with Root Junky's SuperTool. Still, it had the same problem you are seeing. When trying to add widgets from the Nova launcher, the Fire 7 went to the Fire OS setup menu instead of popping up a permission screen to add a widget.
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Finally, I loaded the Nexus rom with Flashfire and now the Nova launcher is able to add widgets to the home screen. Adding a custom rom (I like the Nexus rom) is really the only way to make a decent tablet from the Fire 7. You have to get rid of the stock Fire OS rom and replace it with a custom rom in order to add widgets..
I have 3 Fire 7's (all with 5.1.2 firmware) that I have rooted with RootJunky's SuperTool (April 3 ver) and then added the Nexus ROM (20160405 ver) using FlashFire v.031. They all work great now.
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Great suggestion. I just switched to the Nexus ROM and it's pretty great.
Shoot, I came here to ask this exact question (rooted a 5.1.1 Fire 7 5th gen with Supertool, used it to install Nova, now adding any widgets jumps to settings page). I actually tried the Nexus ROM at one point, but found it buggy and some much-needed apps wouldn't work (LIFX being the main one). The boilerplate answer seems to be "make the launcher a system app", but a) I'm pretty sure supertool did that, b) just to make sure I did it manually with Root Explorer, and c) when that didn't fix the issue, I moved it back and tried it with Titanium Backup Pro for good measure.
My sole purpose for buying this thing was to use the LIFX widgets and use it as a wall-mounted home automation control, so this is pretty important. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Shoot, I came here to ask this exact question (rooted a 5.1.1 Fire 7 5th gen with Supertool, used it to install Nova, now adding any widgets jumps to settings page). I actually tried the Nexus ROM at one point, but found it buggy and some much-needed apps wouldn't work (LIFX being the main one). The boilerplate answer seems to be "make the launcher a system app", but a) I'm pretty sure supertool did that, b) just to make sure I did it manually with Root Explorer, and c) when that didn't fix the issue, I moved it back and tried it with Titanium Backup Pro for good measure.
My sole purpose for buying this thing was to use the LIFX widgets and use it as a wall-mounted home automation control, so this is pretty important. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Surprised to see 'buggy' used in the context of Fire Nexus (@ggow's builds); those two terms are uncommon bed fellows. As you have discovered Nova on FireOS is not ideal. If you are seeking robust widget support you are going to have to bite the bullet and flash a custom rom. Suggest Nexus or CM 12.1. For a quick test I grabbed LIFX from APKMirror and installed on CM. Launched fine.
Davey126 said:
Surprised to see 'buggy' used in the context of Fire Nexus (@ggow's builds); those two terms are uncommon bed fellows. As you have discovered Nova on FireOS is not ideal. If you are seeking robust widget support you are going to have to bite the bullet and flash a custom rom. Suggest Nexus or CM 12.1. For a quick test I grabbed LIFX from APKMirror and installed on CM. Launched fine.
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For my purposes, unfortunately, it didn't work. Programs would constantly hang for several seconds as if under extreme load, LIFX indicated it "wasn't compatible" in Google Play, once I installed LIFX from APKMirror it wouldn't let me log in to my cloud account and started crashing the bulbs, and eventually I lost wifi permanently (even through reboot). I don't know what it was about my experience that differed from the norm, but I was afraid it was going to brick if I didn't get back to stock.
Anyway, I know there are no guarantees with this sort of stuff, and I appreciate the response. If someone comes up for a widget fix, I'll be forever grateful, but I can work around in in the meantime. Nova is otherwise rock solid.
mwoody450 said:
For my purposes, unfortunately, it didn't work. Programs would constantly hang for several seconds as if under extreme load, LIFX indicated it "wasn't compatible" in Google Play, once I installed LIFX from APKMirror it wouldn't let me log in to my cloud account and started crashing the bulbs, and eventually I lost wifi permanently (even through reboot). I don't know what it was about my experience that differed from the norm, but I was afraid it was going to brick if I didn't get back to stock.
Anyway, I know there are no guarantees with this sort of stuff, and I appreciate the response. If someone comes up for a widget fix, I'll be forever grateful, but I can work around in in the meantime. Nova is otherwise rock solid.
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Something may have been amiss with your Nexus install. Understand the hesitation on trying again but you probably won't get widget satisfaction on FireOS. Been a problem for years across multiple generations of Amazon devices and FireOS versions.
So how does this work? I have the widget issue as well. Does this install another OS over my kindle? I was not planning on going through the trouble of a new OS even after root.
Herox said:
So how does this work? I have the widget issue as well. Does this install another OS over my kindle? I was not planning on going through the trouble of a new OS even after root.
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A custom ROM (Nexus, CM, SLimLP, etc.) completely replaces FireOS from a UX perspective. Many report dramatically improved performance and battery life. Debatable, but certainly no worse than stock. The biggest score is direct access to the Google Play Store and associated applications. A custom ROM negates restrictions imposed by FireOS including widget support. Downside: takes time/effort and removes curated Amazon UX that many Fire owners enjoy.
Coming from my Nexus 6 (and Android Nougat), I can download apps to my Nexus 6 and:
1) Keep them in my apps icon / list
2) Keep them off of my Desktop, but still accessible on my phone through the app icon / list.
How do I do the same with the Xiaomi Mi Mix?
I am on the Chinese version of the September build, and to my surprise the Google Play Store was included in the build (I thought it was not incorporated in those builds).
After I installed by sim, and started by phone, I had forced all my google play store apps to transfer to my new Mi Mix. What I do not understand, is that all the app installed on the desktop (very cluttered).
Is there not a way to have them look and feel like all north american versions of the android smart phones ? ? ?
Where the apps download and install to the smart phone, but do not necessarily remain on the desktop home screens?
Cheers
LormaD said:
Coming from my Nexus 6 (and Android Nougat), I can download apps to my Nexus 6 and:
1) Keep them in my apps icon / list
2) Keep them off of my Desktop, but still accessible on my phone through the app icon / list.
How do I do the same with the Xiaomi Mi Mix?
I am on the Chinese version of the September build, and to my surprise the Google Play Store was included in the build (I thought it was not incorporated in those builds).
After I installed by sim, and started by phone, I had forced all my google play store apps to transfer to my new Mi Mix. What I do not understand, is that all the app installed on the desktop (very cluttered).
Is there not a way to have them look and feel like all north american versions of the android smart phones ? ? ?
Where the apps download and install to the smart phone, but do not necessarily remain on the desktop home screens?
Cheers
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MIUI is like iOS.
No app drawer and all installed apps on the screen. I have placed the MIUI apps I don't want into a folder and moved them onto a page I never access. You could also install Nova Launcher or something like it which lets you use a more conventional launcher.appearance.
Once rooted you can freeze apps or disable them.
Cheers
J
Sent from my MIX using XDA Labs
thank you for the quick reply. . .
Aeskulapio said:
MIUI is like iOS.
No app drawer and all installed apps on the screen. I have placed the MIUI apps I don't want into a folder and moved them onto a page I never access. You could also install Nova Launcher or something like it which lets you use a more conventional launcher.appearance.
Once rooted you can freeze apps or disable them.
Cheers
J
Sent from my MIX using XDA Labs
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Amen to that brother, that was my original choice (to create a single folder and throw all the apps in there). Question, does it organize them for you in an alphabetical order?
I was afraid of that. I thought the method used by most of the Android like operating systems from the days of lollipop - - - nougat, did a bang on job of app organizing. My last iOS was the original iPhone 2g, and later the iPhone 4.
Personally, Xiaomi missed the boat with that (MIUI / iOS)