I got a Note 3 recently because my iPhone 7 took a crap and I got it rooted and Safestrap installed but I quickly found out that most of the Lollipop ROMs for this device are extremely buggy. I decided to get back to stock OC2 that's rooted and I use Xposed to theme some things (Wanam barely works anymore) but I'm really looking for a dark theme dialer, contacts, settings and systemui because the ugly white and green and blue is just not appealing. After searching, I found just about zero info pertaining to blacked out apps or flashable themes for my stock de-odex Lollipop ROM on my Note 3. If anyone has any tips, tricks, links etc that would be great. Also looking for maybe a better alternative to Wanam if there is one? Thanks in advance.
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So I'm late sorry about that. I use gravitybox on kitkat so I haven't really gotten to try this but there's an Xposed module called MonsterUI. The module is for Kitkat and what it does is makes your phone look like an S5 with it's own customizable options. Again I don't know how well it works but from the looks of it, it is good. You can get it in the play store if you need. You probably already know about it though.
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Hi guys, like all of you guys i just recently got the 4.3 MJA onto my device. The first thing i noticed was the 4g LTE signal was different, the next thing was that they added the equalizer thing on your volume control when listening to music. The font was also slightly different, other than that. not much else changed. the biggest thing for me is that i can now use full features on my galaxy gear.
Tell me what you guys think samsung should do with the 4.4 kitkat update? i want to hear your thoughts. Me personally i want to see a theme change for once instead of the green battery icon etc, also i'd like to see a new touchwiz version. kinda like aosp. Lastly maybe a theme change in the notification bar. i like how it's set up but it'll be really bad ass if they added some more cool features.
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Hi guys, like all of you guys i just recently got the 4.3 MJA onto my device. The first thing i noticed was the 4g LTE signal was different, the next thing was that they added the equalizer thing on your volume control when listening to music. The font was also slightly different, other than that. not much else changed. the biggest thing for me is that i can now use full features on my galaxy gear.
Tell me what you guys think samsung should do with the 4.4 kitkat update? i want to hear your thoughts. Me personally i want to see a theme change for once instead of the green battery icon etc, also i'd like to see a new touchwiz version. kinda like aosp. Lastly maybe a theme change in the notification bar. i like how it's set up but it'll be really bad ass if they added some more cool features.
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they have a wide audience, and mostly likely radical change is not gonna work for a portion of that audience, so I highly doubt you will see that happen on this phone. a possibility with the next, but definitly not until a future phone comes out with it first.
Not really a 4.4 thing but wish Samsung had optional TW themes while keeping their TW features. AOSP, seasonal, sports, tech, etc... TW based themes would be refreshing.
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Samsung updated Google Maps.
Used Titanium Backup to go back to 6.x.
Kingmdm said:
Not really a 4.4 thing but wish Samsung had optional TW themes while keeping their TW features. AOSP, seasonal, sports, tech, etc... TW based themes would be refreshing.
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That would be fantastic! At the very least Samsung and Google should put in a theme engine like wanam where you can change the colors of the notification icons, area and pull down panel.
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That would be fantastic! At the very least Samsung and Google should put in a theme engine like wanam where you can change the colors of the notification icons, area and pull down panel.
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That would be so sick.... I would almost consider not rooting.... but I still deff would
First thing they should do is get rid of the ugly gingerbread green in the status bar. They never adopted holo blue so at least adopt the kitkat gray.
I still have yet to receive my 4.3 update
Pierson97 said:
I still have yet to receive my 4.3 update
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Either clear data on Google services apk or just manually update to 4.3.
Has anyone figured out how to get the stock android (aka not touchwiz) dialer and camera?
For your camera to have the ''original android'' look, I suggest you use an app.
You can use Nexus Camera (free) Some time ago, I used Camera JB+, and I really liked it (paid)
(I would love to give you the links from the PlayStore, but since I am a new user I can't post links yet
Regarding the dialer.. on 4.1.2 this was possible using the JKay mod, I'm not sure if you are familiar with it? It is a theme modification. At this very moment, there is no JKay available for 4.3, but people are working on it.
I hope this can help you with your questions.
Please list your favorite xposed for the HTC One Mini 2.
Currently the only one I'm using is Sense 6 Toolbox which is great so far.
I am currently using "tinted statusbar", xstana for changing the navbar and of course "sense 6 toolbox"
gibihr said:
I am currently using "tinted statusbar", xstana for changing the navbar and of course "sense 6 toolbox"
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Does sense Toolbox have an extended power menu? Can't seem to find it..
Noob question here.
How did you manage to install xposed framework ? I can't find a way to root my mini 2.
Thanks.
tzaphoo said:
Noob question here.
How did you manage to install xposed framework ? I can't find a way to root my mini 2.
Thanks.
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Look into the q&a section. That's plenty of guides in there. [emoji4]
No Lollipop for Mini 2? Let's just pretend to make it look like we got it
If anybody is interested, just a palliative cure for the - hopefully temporary - loss of lollipop - using xposed:
Search and use the following modules:
- Flat style Colored Bars - It will make your status bar (and navbar if you want) colored as in lollipop.
- Monster UI 4.0 - Theme your device to material design - You can theme almost everything (dialogs, main colors etc) and make it look like it's lollipop.
Enjoy
Does using these frameworks impede on the phone responsiveness and speed?
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Does using these frameworks impede on the phone responsiveness and speed?
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I am gonna go with 'a little bit'. I've personally seen a minor difference since the modules work in the background. But if you keep the number of modules to a minimum, you should not have any problem whatsoever
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Does using these frameworks impede on the phone responsiveness and speed?
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Using only the modules I have written of, there's no sensible difference, at least I haven't noticed any
Dear All,
i have tried a few ways to try and get my Nexus 6 to look like a Samsung ( i love its big screen, but did like Samsung's look on my old Note 3. I have rooted the Nexus and tried Euphoria custom rom, this has a theme app built in but everytime i try and use the "theme" app, and download a new theme, like a samsung one, it says v3 theme has stopped responding, and sends it back to the home screen.
Has anyone got any other ways of doing this for the Nexus 6?
I have looked at other ROMS but found none that are custom built to look like Samsung .
many many thanks,
Matthew
Just wait till cm12 has a theme that looks like a Samsung touchwiz ui
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You're kidding right?
You should of bought a Note 4
Dude, c'mon. Flash another ROM with the theme chooser built in. Euphoria isn't unique.
[email protected] said:
Dear All,
i have tried a few ways to try and get my Nexus 6 to look like a Samsung ( i love its big screen, but did like Samsung's look on my old Note 3. I have rooted the Nexus and tried Euphoria custom rom, this has a theme app built in but everytime i try and use the "theme" app, and download a new theme, like a samsung one, it says v3 theme has stopped responding, and sends it back to the home screen.
Has anyone got any other ways of doing this for the Nexus 6?
I have looked at other ROMS but found none that are custom built to look like Samsung .
many many thanks,
Matthew
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Install CM12 based ROM and try this theme https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pieczyrak.touchwizcm12
I've been trying different ROM and each one seems to have their own unique hiccups. I'm looking for a ROM that stable and have all the features as a stock ROM. So far the closest to that is Aurora Full Note7 by Lanc-City. The only issues I'm having is that it sometimes it lag, mms group text doesn't work, and charging does not charge right.
[ROM] Maximum OvrDriVE 6.0.1 MM V3.2 (8/24/16) [910T/910W8/910T3] has been good, however, the dev has moved on so there is no continued development on it.
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If you want everything working then go stock, root, install xposed with your favorite modules and get a good launcher.
I go back and forth between stock and project L ROM by Lanc-City.
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I was using EPJ2 for a while and it's the best stock update so far. Had no issues with barely any lag. But I rooted I am now using Aurora 3.1 since I miss my note 7 lol. I had to use Textra since group messaging isn't working and no wifi calling. It's so far filling that void. I'm sure a lot of ex note 7 users can relate.
AICP and Broken are amazing
My daily driver, seemingly forever, will remain Emporia ROM (AKA Rapture ROM) on 5.1.1 Lollipop
I don't have an explanation why, but this ROM is WAY more fluid in every single aspect of the UI than any other ROM on marshmallow or Lollipop, and I have tried them all. Yes I am aware you can set animation speeds to be faster, etc. But even with them set to the default speed of 1x (I default use .5x for most), the entire ROM is more FLUID. Each transition is more smooth, every app opens faster and without lag, scrolling in every single app is WAY more fluid, etc. I actually noticed a huge visual difference between this ROM and stock or custom MM. The user experience is just way better in every way than Maximum Overdrive, Stock MM, Stock LL, etc.
Battery life is approximately the same for me on both MM and LL using Greenify on both. Doze doesn't seem to make a difference at all for me, when using greenify on both versions of Android. I get within 15 minutes of SOT on either one, so battery life is practically the same.
Finally, Lollipop still has all the features that Samsung so foolishly removed in MM! Namely, Smart Select is still amazing, it still has the engine for optical character recognition that is missing in MM, it still can select multiple things, and it can still open apps if it detects and address/phone number/etc!
So, basically, Emporia is the best ROM for me, and I have literally tried all of them. I do miss the full screen action memo's of Lollipop, but the extreme speed and fluidity throughout the system, never encountering a single bug, and the amazing features still present in Smart Select beat out all the insignificant improvements of MM.
Plus, I ported an AOSP theme for the notification area to Emporia ROM, that makes it a much more lovely experience.
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I was using EPJ2 for a while and it's the best stock update so far. Had no issues with barely any lag. But I rooted I am now using Aurora 3.1 since I miss my note 7 lol. I had to use Textra since group messaging isn't working and no wifi calling. It's so far filling that void. I'm sure a lot of ex note 7 users can relate.
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Is this the stock that you used?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/odin-firmware-epj2-tw-6-0-1-note-4-t3486992
My daily driver is the N5/N7_6.0.1_port V1 and I use Nova launcher, a dark icon pack, dark wallpaper and (Google-inspired) Material Design dark from the samsung theme store. Basically looks like clean, dark AOSP on top and has all the Samsung features underneath.
Everything from the font and theming is smaller and more refined in the Note 5 which makes a huge difference to me and really is a big reason why the Note 5's screen looks more nicer than the Note 4 screen imo (they're both 1440p!).
Everything is quite stable but the stock camera app doesnt work (for me, I dont know abt others) (I use a third party app) and I also use a third party app for video playback (I cant find the stock video app). Keep in mind this is a chinese n5 port and there is some chinese characters next to the time and date. Time to brush up on some chinese I guess. (I havent seen any other chinese on it thou lolz)
Its pretty good for a port though based on fluidness. And yes I tried the Emporia ROM recommended earlier. I loved it and everything WaterMan said was true but the Note 4 default theming and fonts are too big imo for a quad HD screen. Also that's where I got my inspiration to get the Material Design dark theme so my notification bar and settings look like stock aosp (Thanks WaterMan!).
I also use a snapdragon-optimized chromium browser so its more snappier.
And that's my daily driver, for now. Lolz
PS: be sure to upgrade to EPE3 (6.0.1) before flashing.
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My daily driver is the N5/N7_6.0.1_port V1 and I use Nova launcher, a dark icon pack, dark wallpaper and (Google-inspired) Material Design dark from the samsung theme store. Basically looks like clean, dark AOSP on top and has all the Samsung features underneath.
Everything from the font and theming is smaller and more refined in the Note 5 which makes a huge difference to me and really is a big reason why the Note 5's screen looks more nicer than the Note 4 screen imo (they're both 1440p!).
Everything is quite stable but the stock camera app doesnt work (for me, I dont know abt others) (I use a third party app) and I also use a third party app for video playback (I cant find the stock video app). Keep in mind this is a chinese n5 port and there is some chinese characters next to the time and date. Time to brush up on some chinese I guess. (I havent seen any other chinese on it thou lolz)
Its pretty good for a port though based on fluidness. And yes I tried the Emporia ROM recommended earlier. I loved it and everything WaterMan said was true but the Note 4 default theming and fonts are too big imo for a quad HD screen. Also that's where I got my inspiration to get the Material Design dark theme so my notification bar and settings look like stock aosp (Thanks WaterMan!).
I also use a snapdragon-optimized chromium browser so its more snappier.
And that's my daily driver, for now. Lolz
PS: be sure to upgrade to EPE3 (6.0.1) before flashing.
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The stock camera was working fine for me...the sports shot, food shot, etc. extensions weren't.
Can you post some screenshots of your setup? ?
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AriaNoob said:
The stock camera was working fine for me...the sports shot, food shot, etc. extensions weren't.
Can you post some screenshots of your setup? ?
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I've never used those features before Now I want them!
Here you go!
The red icons are purposely not coherent (egg).
For a minimalistic dark setup, simplistic dark black and/or grey icons maybe some sophistication but very minimal and clean.
I took pics of Material design dark and Material design black themes. (Disclaimar: black theme is $1)
Wallpaper from 244 Quad HD Wallpapers for Galaxy Note 4 collection on XDA.
Material design black
I'm using CM-Remix but it's giving me mad problems. Mainly, the Google app keeps crashing and it locks up when rebooting, sometimes requiring 2 or 3 reboots or wiping cache. It's godawful annoying but my hatred for TouchWiz is the only reason I torture myself with this ROM.
I'm looking for a new ROM myself. Looks like a new build of DirtyUnicorns is coming very soon. I may give that another shot.
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I've never used those features before Now I want them!
Here you go!
The red icons are purposely not coherent (egg).
For a minimalistic dark setup, simplistic dark black and/or grey icons maybe some sophistication but very minimal and clean.
I took pics of Material design dark and Material design black themes. (Disclaimar: black theme is $1)
Wallpaper from 244 Quad HD Wallpapers for Galaxy Note 4 collection on XDA.
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Very niceee! [emoji106]
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Ovrdrive, my phone is solid.
dermo529 said:
I'm using CM-Remix but it's giving me mad problems. Mainly, the Google app keeps crashing and it locks up when rebooting, sometimes requiring 2 or 3 reboots or wiping cache. It's godawful annoying but my hatred for TouchWiz is the only reason I torture myself with this ROM.
I'm looking for a new ROM myself. Looks like a new build of DirtyUnicorns is coming very soon. I may give that another shot.
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Weird because I'm using it and I don't have any problems!!
I've been on AICP for several months, very stable. Resurrection Remix is getting close to being pretty stable, it crashes the phone when uninstalling apps - only problem I found that prevented me from dailying it.
Gonna try going back to TW for a while for better camera usage, will be flashing Overdrive 6.0.1 for the first time.
gogent said:
Is this the stock that you used?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-tmobile/general/odin-firmware-epj2-tw-6-0-1-note-4-t3486992
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Looks like it but mine was done via OTA before I decided to root.
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I have no clue what's going on with my phone as every ROM I tried is either lagging, freeze, or randomly reboot. I'm thinking about going back to stock. When I was on stock it would lag as well but not as bad as what I'm experiencing now. I'm currently using my phone without my microsd card to see if that is the culprit.