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Replacing stock launcher

I was thinking back to before froyo, when it was good practice in Nexus tweaking to replace the stock launcher.apk in system/app with a modded or third party launcher. I'm not sure if this would be a good bet or not with all the touch wiz integration on my fascinate. Can anyone clue me in on whether this would be worth a shot?
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Ha. Answered my own question. Moved the adw launcher file from data/app to system/app, then removed the two TouchWiz30Launcher files from system/app. Phone went bonkers with both launchers force closing continuously. Did a hard shut down, and on start up, everything is great.
ADW is the default launcher, touchwiz is gone, and no evident problems at all so far. Will do more testing and post if anything borks.
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What do you gain by doing that? I don't seem to be suffering any ill effects by having LauncherPro as default, and leaving TouchWiz alone. I'm assuming it's running somewhere in the background, but isn't hurting anything. In fact, I'm wondering if some of the TouchWiz apps like the dialer and such require it to be running. If I'm wrong, and removing TouchWiz not only can be done safely, but also produces some benefit, please let us know.

ivorycruncher said:
What do you gain by doing that? I don't seem to be suffering any ill effects by having LauncherPro as default, and leaving TouchWiz alone. I'm assuming it's running somewhere in the background, but isn't hurting anything. In fact, I'm wondering if some of the TouchWiz apps like the dialer and such require it to be running. If I'm wrong, and removing TouchWiz not only can be done safely, but also produces some benefit, please let us know.
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Doesn't affect anything else system wise that I've found, and I've been looking. The main benefit is speed. The stock launcher runs regardless if in system/app, I just don't see it. I suspect battery use as well, but surely negligible. You don't have access to the samsung widgets, but I dislike them anyway, and ported them out. The net responsiveness of my phone is pretty impressive. For the first time I'm not missing my Nexus. Missing froyo though.
I did also disable all the other integrated social networking syncing, mostly for battery life reasons. I can't stand unnecessary crap running in the background.
End of it is that from what I have seen so far, ADW is a lot faster, more functional, and has less battery usage than stock.
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I also made the same modifications to my fiancee's phone, with the same results and no ill effects so far. She loves the performance differences so far.
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Hmm, well I've of the opinion that if it ain't broke, you don't fix it, so I think I'll leave LauncherPro in the /data/app folder. It's so fast already, I probably wouldn't even notice whatever speed boost it may get by moving it. Thanks for testing though!

ivorycruncher said:
Hmm, well I've of the opinion that if it ain't broke, you don't fix it, so I think I'll leave LauncherPro in the /data/app folder. It's so fast already, I probably wouldn't even notice whatever speed boost it may get by moving it. Thanks for testing though!
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No problem. I'm sure I'll fu this phone up 10x before we see good development on it.
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I'm intrigued by your progress and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
You wouldn't happen to have a list of the items you've removed, would you? Do you think Angel's Odin /system restore would fix your phone should you accidentally wreck it (because I would like to do this too)?

Just tried this with Launcher Pro, and can confirm the results. I have to re-install my non-LP widgets, but that's expected.
To allow for any future backtracking, I simply renamed the TouchWiz30Launcher files with a ".bak" extension, so if things go south, I can just adb in and rename them back.
Nice find!

Out of curiosity, the samsung lockscreen is still there correct?

Guys sorry but im a bit lost when u replaced the stock launcher csn u use touchwiz widgets with the new launcher or not?

bikeandestroyx said:
Out of curiosity, the samsung lockscreen is still there correct?
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Yup. Although I've been using Widget Locker, which gives a similar experience to stock Android, but with widgets and custom sliders.

theicemonkey said:
I'm intrigued by your progress and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
You wouldn't happen to have a list of the items you've removed, would you? Do you think Angel's Odin /system restore would fix your phone should you accidentally wreck it (because I would like to do this too)?
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I hail from the world of Nexus and ClockworkMod with Nandroid. Odin is alien to me. I get the idea though, and I'm sure I'll be playing with it soon enough.
I will post a list of the stuff I've pulled after I get to my office. Unbeknownst to them, recently they have been paying me good money to play with my phone all day.
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No. you should have a healthy dislike of the Samsung widgets before replacing the stock launcher.
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Daswolven said:
No. you should have a healthy dislike of the Samsung widgets before replacing the stock launcher.
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Just got this phone last night. Rooted, lag fix and am running LauncherPro Plus. I kinda actually like some of the Samsung widgets but not enough for me to keep that launcher. They did some good things with it but it does slow the phone down.

If you replace/remove the Touchwiz launcher do you lose the pulldown notification bar at the top with the WIFI/etc toggles?
I use launcherpro now and would remove Touchwiz just for the sake of removing it, but I don't want to lose the pulldown notification bar with toggle icons included in it.

Oh if i lose my touchwiz widgets there is no point. I love the daily breifing widget and the scrolling twitter widget. Ill pass!

astraelraen said:
If you replace/remove the Touchwiz launcher do you lose the pulldown notification bar at the top with the WIFI/etc toggles?
I use launcherpro now and would remove Touchwiz just for the sake of removing it, but I don't want to lose the pulldown notification bar with toggle icons included in it.
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Nope. The notification bar is not part of the launcher. Only the home screens and app drawers are launcher based.

theicemonkey said:
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You wouldn't happen to have a list of the items you've removed, would you? Do you think Angel's Odin /system restore would fix your phone should you accidentally wreck it (because I would like to do this too)?
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Crapware I pulled without ill effect so far:
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This post seems to have fudged up? I can't see the list of removed bloat with nill for side affects. I'm looking to root and do the lagfix tonight but would also like to know what I can get rid of with no harm to my device. I'm comfortable with adb and what not but I still panic when my phone is acting improperly I'm far from an expert I'm more of a cut and paste kind of guy if you catch my drift

Touch wiz

I feel like I am in an extreme minority of people that love touchwiz. I used to have a droid with stock ui, a droid 2 with blur, and have extensively used sense on family members phones and touchwiz by far blows them out of the water... There are a lot of intuitive features I can't believe I lived without like setting controls on the notification bar and a redial button after calling. I also find it much more aesthetically pleasing than other UIs, and really does SAMOLED justice with its vibrant colorization.
What do you folks think?
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I actually like touch wiz too, I've used adw and launcher pro and I keep going back to touch wiz. I'm using the one from the vibrant from this forum somewhere because I couldn't stand the app drawer not being in alphabetical order lol. But since I have that version, I love it.
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I can't stand that either! Are there any disadvantages though? I thought vibrant users couldn't uninstall apps from the tray (another feature I love, no more waiting for application data to load from the settings screen, which is a major time sink).
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Can one of y'all give me a recent version of tw? I've searched, but to no avail :[ and I would love to try it!
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I've been hooked on touchwiz since my omnia 2. I've tried the moto droid, and found it much less pleasant to use, and found htc's ui unpleasant, as well.

pwnjabi1 said:
I can't stand that either! Are there any disadvantages though? I thought vibrant users couldn't uninstall apps from the tray (another feature I love, no more waiting for application data to load from the settings screen, which is a major time sink).
I never tried it, I'm not sure if it works that way or not - actually I didn't know you could on the fascinate version either lol.
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i dont like touch wiz becuase it reminds me too much of an iphone. If the app launcher was difffernent I would probably use it.

ktez said:
pwnjabi1 said:
I can't stand that either! Are there any disadvantages though? I thought vibrant users couldn't uninstall apps from the tray (another feature I love, no more waiting for application data to load from the settings screen, which is a major time sink).
I never tried it, I'm not sure if it works that way or not - actually I didn't know you could on the fascinate version either lol.
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Yeah just click menu, edit, and a minus sign appears on each app...
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I also like tw over other launchers..although ive never paid for "pro" versions of said alternatives.
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TW ftw!
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It's fun pulling the apk's and changing the icons. And when the icon backgrounds and replaced with blank files the app drawer doesn't look like that apple thing anymore.
good day.

Exactly! Jsut came back from an eris, droid 1, and evo. Touchwiz is by far the best one for me... also I noticed on sense there were a lot of glitches like when someone would call me their id would show a toally different facebook friend as their picture lol
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I thought I was the only one... I rooted tried a couple of roms but I end up back to touch wiz.... it works wonders... now if we can get a froyo version of touch wiz I would be happy... anybody know where I can get the touch wizard from the vibrant to this one so that my apps can be in order
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I've had the Fascinate since it was released and have tried every home replacement, but they have never lasted more than a couple of hours at the most. TW has great widgets, is very responsive and like someone said, without those backgrounds on the icons, it looks nothing like an i*hone interface.
I'm really looking forward to both the froyo and gingerbread ports that birdman and kaos are working on, but I have to say that I will miss TW.

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@chopper.....Hey...is that single clock/date/weather widget on your homescreen?
it looks really good.
I hope un-rooted phone like mine can have one.
chopper the dog said:
TW ftw!
It's fun pulling the apk's and changing the icons. And when the icon backgrounds and replaced with blank files the app drawer doesn't look like that apple thing anymore.
good day.
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I don't use TouchWiz, but I would agree it's actually not bad at all as a launcher. Obviously, the Fascinate version has some problems (no Google Search widget etc.) but the Vibrant version is pretty darn good. I even like TouchWiz's taskbar more than the regular Android style. And some features, like the ability to re-sort homescreens, are fantastic (an almost identical method was implemented later on in ADW).
Some of Samsung's TouchWiz extras, on the other hand, are truly terrible. Like their "SNS Sync", which is slow and buggy and unnecessary when the official Facebook and Twitter apps come with their own, flawless in-app sync capabilities. Yet, inexplicably, TouchWiz disables their built-in sync abilities so you're stuck with Samsung's implementation. That right there is the single biggest reason I can't wait for an AOSP ROM.
P.S. maturate: That clock/weather widget looks like the one from Beautiful Widgets, an app available on the Market. It's just a regular app, doesn't matter if you're rooted.
EDIT: It could also be Fancy Widget, actually. The cloud graphic is identical to Beautiful Widgets', though, so I'm guessing it's that.

I used TouchWiz for a long time before I finally moved in to adw. I actually like the Vibrant version of TouchWiz more and ran it on my fascinate for a while. I posted the apk in the theme app forum. I liked their vertical scrolling app drawer more.
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I like touchwiz too. I know, shocking!
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Most of the problems with TW launcher are fixed in gtg's modded version (see i9000/Captivate forums).
Unfortunately, it only works with Froyo.

My launcher of choice is Go Launcher.
Touchwiz for me was way to laggy. It seemed to be in slow motion compared to mine now. Mainly scrolling through screens.
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I'm on Kaosinate, and I do miss TouchWiz. I hated it at first, but now, I think it's the best manufacturer UI. It looks iPhone-y, sure, but it has tons of cool little features and animations that make a difference. And it's smooth. Is it even possible to use TW on Kaosinate?

Droid2/DroidX style dock for launcherpro.

I'm trying to convince my cousin that launcherpro will make his phone faster compared to the stock blur launcher. But, he didn't like the way it looked when I first downloaded it, so he made me set blur back. I need a .png file that is the style of the droid x/ droid 2 blur dock. Google turns up nothing. If I can get that image, I'll put launcherpro back on his droid 2 r2d2, and he'll think he's on blur, but I'll be doing him a favor.
Thanks in advance!
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Take a screen shot and crop the icons out. You can buy launcherpro icons and docks from the market. Or go on to 4shared.com and search it. Then download. If you need more help just pm me.
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tyvallely said:
Take a screen shot and crop the icons out. You can buy launcherpro icons and docks from the market. Or go on to 4shared.com and search it. Then download. If you need more help just pm me.
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I don't have a droid 2/x, I have a samsung epic. The reason I asked, is because I never can make png's right. I can crop a pic of it, but it will have a background on it, and I'm not good at removing that background to be invisible. Figured someone with the device would do it for me.
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will this help http://www.shinigamieyes.com/android/images/Droid_X_Dock.png
it's the first thing that came up when i googled it

Try helauncher it has like 7 launcher styles in one including the HTC sense launcher look.
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I have the app drawer icon - only problem is, it's a little too small to be believed.
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razorloves said:
will this help http://www.shinigamieyes.com/android/images/Droid_X_Dock.png
it's the first thing that came up when i googled it
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Idk how you found that, but you're awesome. Google is mean to me. Now, when I see him next time, I'll leave him with a faster phone. And he wont notice a difference.
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zanderman112 said:
Idk how you found that, but you're awesome. Google is mean to me. Now, when I see him next time, I'll leave him with a faster phone. And he wont notice a difference.
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i just googled droid x dock bar. i guess i got lucky. haha. glad i could help

Hey everyone, sorry to be off topic, but I'm doing a power point presentation on rooting and unlocking bootloaders, I have a question.
On the Droid X, can you change the apps in the app drawer? I know it comes with phone on the left, app drawer in the middle, and browser on the right. Can you change these to different apps and can you add more than just 2 apps + appdrawer to this motoblur dock? Thanks!

tom1l21 said:
Hey everyone, sorry to be off topic, but I'm doing a power point presentation on rooting and unlocking bootloaders, I have a question.
On the Droid X, can you change the apps in the app drawer? I know it comes with phone on the left, app drawer in the middle, and browser on the right. Can you change these to different apps and can you add more than just 2 apps + appdrawer to this motoblur dock? Thanks!
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No, its comes with phone on left, apps in the middle, and contacts on right. And no, they can't be changed.
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zanderman112 said:
No, its comes with phone on left, apps in the middle, and contacts on right. And no, they can't be changed.
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up!

tom1l21 said:
Ok, thanks for clearing that up!
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No problem.
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tom1l21 said:
Hey everyone, sorry to be off topic, but I'm doing a power point presentation on rooting and unlocking bootloaders, I have a question.
I would do a lil more research...look on YouTube for Droid x reviews so you know the software and look at how to root the Droid x on YouTube. It helps so you have extra info. Don't mean to be rude but I thought I would give you advice.
On the Droid X, can you change the apps in the app drawer? I know it comes with phone on the left, app drawer in the middle, and browser on the right. Can you change these to different apps and can you add more than just 2 apps + appdrawer to this motoblur dock? Thanks!
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zanderman112 said:
Idk how you found that, but you're awesome. Google is mean to me. Now, when I see him next time, I'll leave him with a faster phone. And he wont notice a difference.
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In launcher pro, there will still be a noticable difference even if you use the stock png's. In lpp the dock icons/dock are much smaller than the blur launcher and there is no way to resize it.
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Trust me, he wont notice. He's 10. I know how lp works, its my daily homescreen, just fyi.
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Something else to consider; ADW Launcher does allow you to change the size of the dock icons. They go from pretty tiny to absurdly large, with everything in between.
On a completely unrelated note...why would a 10 year old kid care how fast his phone is? What could he possibly be using it for that you're dedicated to speeding it up for him?

Fuzzman88 said:
Something else to consider; ADW Launcher does allow you to change the size of the dock icons. They go from pretty tiny to absurdly large, with everything in between.
On a completely unrelated note...why would a 10 year old kid care how fast his phone is? What could he possibly be using it for that you're dedicated to speeding it up for him?
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Because, he likes to use live wallpapers. And live wallpapers+blur+apps not closing properly equal laggy. Besides, he'll think its the same, but when I use it, it won't be crappy slow. Its more for me, but he'll benefit lol
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Ah, makes sense then. I wish I had a smartphone like the Droid X when I was 10...
He may have already seen this, but if he's into live wallpapers, check out "Honeycomb Live Wallpaper Free" by Xaffron Software. I'd post a link but I've been a lurker for too long so I don't have the required post count yet.

Fuzzman88 said:
Ah, makes sense then. I wish I had a smartphone like the Droid X when I was 10...
He may have already seen this, but if he's into live wallpapers, check out "Honeycomb Live Wallpaper Free" by Xaffron Software. I'd post a link but I've been a lurker for too long so I don't have the required post count yet.
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I have that one. Its a nice one. I can't find the stupid easter egg they added in the last update
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Last update for that live wallpaper?
Unfortunately I don't know anything about it, I just saw it recommended on another forum and it came to mind when I saw your post.

Stock ROM is Gravy

I am a huge fan of stock Android. But with root and bloat removal I just don't really want anything else.
Touchless control is the shyte and functions flawlessly.
The only thing I would like to change is a stock icon/themed status bar.
What do you guys think?
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I had the same thoughts. I changed a few icons in the status bar with gravitybox and motoxposed.
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Any issues with either of those?
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I only wanted a different battery icon. GSM battery was perfect with a non-root overlay!
fat-fingered and Maxx-ed out.

beelow319 said:
I had the same thoughts. I changed a few icons in the status bar with gravitybox and motoxposed.
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How about a quick run down on getting these to work. I get an error on GB and MotoXposed doesn't apply changes.
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Install the xposed framework first, within that you can download gravitybox and motoxposed as modules. Make sure theyre enabled. Then go into either the gravitybox app or motoxposed app to make changes.
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I used this thread to figure it out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2444481
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I am just about where I want to be.
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i like the centered clock! didn't think to do that with mine.

Brenardo said:
I am a huge fan of stock Android. But with root and bloat removal I just don't really want anything else.
Touchless control is the shyte and functions flawlessly.
The only thing I would like to change is a stock icon/themed status bar.
What do you guys think?
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Couldn't agree more.
The reasons I installed custom roms in the past were to increase battery life, install some feature that was missing from my device, or run smoother.
The maxx has everything I need. There aren't any features out there I'm dying to get. Google has solved that with updating through play store. My battery life is nothing short of incredible. I have mobile hotspot thanks to root. And this phone just runs great. No lag at all.
I'm happy with root access on this device. It's amazing
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Use 2.2 not 2.3.1 for the xposed framework. You may have issues otherwise.
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While I do love it stock, Gravitybox and Greenify have made my phone soooo much better. 1 finger right side pull down for those quick launch tiles and lock screen quick app ring is so yummy.

SupremeOverlord said:
While I do love it stock, Gravitybox and Greenify have made my phone soooo much better. 1 finger right side pull down for those quick launch tiles and lock screen quick app ring is so yummy.
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Any battery issues with Gravitybox/Xposed? I have tried it twice, once on the old root, and again after starting fresh and using the new root, and both times had to disable it after a few days because it tanked my battery.

Dr. Carpenter said:
Any battery issues with Gravitybox/Xposed? I have tried it twice, once on the old root, and again after starting fresh and using the new root, and both times had to disable it after a few days because it tanked my battery.
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I had thoughts about that too, but I haven't noticed any difference in battery life. I don't activate too many of the options, like coloring, so that might have something to do with it. I might try disabling it for a week and see if anything is different. If I do, and notice anything, I'll be sure to let you know.

Is it possible to turn off the 4g LTE icon when WiFi is on?
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the only thing i can think of that i am gonna miss is the floating app window and the halo from Carbon Rom, but thats about it.

I do miss halo as well.
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I don't know of about you guys but my phone is horribly laggy right out of the box. I'm on the very first version of the software as I have frozen OTAs. I frequently get sent to other apps or the home screen even if I go really slow when multitasking between apps. This phone is just not that fast and I suspect it's Verizon plastering a thousand apps on the phone as usual.
I have frozen and or deleted every single thing Verizon that I could find but I still suspect there is some crap somewhere hogging resources. I guess it COULD be the phone but I highly doubt it.

seh6183 said:
I don't know of about you guys but my phone is horribly laggy right out of the box. I'm on the very first version of the software as I have frozen OTAs. I frequently get sent to other apps or the home screen even if I go really slow when multitasking between apps. This phone is just not that fast and I suspect it's Verizon plastering a thousand apps on the phone as usual.
I have frozen and or deleted every single thing Verizon that I could find but I still suspect there is some crap somewhere hogging resources. I guess it COULD be the phone but I highly doubt it.
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I would say you got a bum device. Mine is smooth as silk. It easily keeps up with my sons Nexus 5. Rooted, but I havent frozen a thing.

buddhatown said:
I would say you got a bum device. Mine is smooth as silk. It easily keeps up with my sons Nexus 5. Rooted, but I havent frozen a thing.
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I have to second that. I was concerned moving to this phone that it would be slower than my GS4, but I have been very pleased with the responsiveness. No problems at all.
I am rooted, using gravity box, and have bloatware frozen, but even before that it ran extremely well.

No lockscreen widgets on S5?

Just read that you can't have lockscreen widgets.. is this true?!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s5/378870-can-you-add-widgets-lockscreen.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...eature-want-add-analog-clock-lock-screen.html

They are gone along with shortcuts. It's my biggest gripe about this otherwise great phone.
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if i knew this i probably wouldnt have bought it! WHY!!!!!? for what reason besides being cxnts?

Has anyone tried totally disabling/turning off the fingerprint scanner then try adding widgets to the lockscreen?!
I will not get this phone until lockscreen widgets are available.

So? Any news? Why the **** did the retarded idiots at Samsung remove this neat feature? WTF?! Please help me understand this.

here I am spending hours trying to figure out how to display an entire SMS on the lockscreen when I peek at it and after trying to add widgets turns out I can't get widgets to work either...
wtf? So much wasted empty space

I see no reason for this besides being fu**wits mid my language. Like seriosuly what is the point in disbaling the feature?? All promos for the device had lock screen widgets!! Or camera at least arggh so angry

you do have a camera widget...but thats it

I dont
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prot- said:
I dont
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I read on another thread that evidently the camera widget is missing on the international version.
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the European one has a couple of lock screen widgets but that's it. It would appear that several feature have been disabled by US carriers. The download booster is available here in Europe but not for most carriers in the US looks like AT&T are calling the shots again
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RotteRotte said:
So? Any news? Why the **** did the retarded idiots at Samsung remove this neat feature? WTF?! Please help me understand this.
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Because that's what some manufacturers do.
Last year HTC only allowed one lockscreen widget with the 4.2 update to the M7.

what the crap? I have been looking for a way to add shortcuts. Seriously? gone?? Man, this is a cool device, but i have only had it for a day and have already been annoyed by several things! this one is pretty critical for me though. 13 days left to decide if i keep it or not...

Looks like I will be adding widget locker already went back to nova launcher. Now time to read more on s view what it is and is it customizable.

what the hell samsung? there really are no good flagships this year...

Have you guys checked the security panel on settings?
That's where the "enable lockscreen widgets" option usually is, right?

Not there
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admiral70 said:
Looks like I will be adding widget locker already went back to nova launcher. Now time to read more on s view what it is and is it customizable.
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Would you mind reporting back on this once you try it? I don't want to buy widgetlocker only to find out it doesn't work.
That being said. In an attempt to try anything/everything to get lock widgets to show up, I enabled daydreaming mode for charging and while trying to get dashclock and such to work I enabled its day-dream widget and to my surprise when I put my phone to charge the dashclock widget shows up while my phone is charging/in day dream mode.
Is there seriously no way around this though? Is this something samsung will change if enough people ***** about? I don't have an alternative phone to go back to but I will seriously sell/switch off this phone asap if this is the case. This was one of the biggest features I was looking forwards to when switching to android!!

Faelun said:
Would you mind reporting back on this once you try it? I don't want to buy widgetlocker only to find out it doesn't work.
That being said. In an attempt to try anything/everything to get lock widgets to show up, I enabled daydreaming mode for charging and while trying to get dashclock and such to work I enabled its day-dream widget and to my surprise when I put my phone to charge the dashclock widget shows up while my phone is charging/in day dream mode.
Is there seriously no way around this though? Is this something samsung will change if enough people ***** about? I don't have an alternative phone to go back to but I will seriously sell/switch off this phone asap if this is the case. This was one of the biggest features I was looking forwards to when switching to android!!
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I'm using Magiclocker Main right now, and it works fine. Several themes to choose from. Better than the default lockscreen.
My lockscreen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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shockandawe said:
I'm using Magiclocker Main right now, and it works fine. Several themes to choose from. Better than the default lockscreen.
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Can you get things like dash clock and such to work with this?