thats true

this whole apple patent war has just only given samsung even more reason to do their best to get back at them.

Good for us ... kinda..

Guess somebody at the RD didn't do their job properly to know that whatever material their using (surely it can't be platinum... isn't that crazy expensive?) don't mix with mobile phones

good because Singapore uses same modem as Malaysia is the XDA modem page is to be believed

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Added on September 15, 2012, 12:51 amblack themed wallpaper is also preferable. it doesn't use the bright colors which is a big drain drain.


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 12:51 AM

I just noticed this



Yeah the above is for tablet, but from the description it points out some performance improvements. so was wondering about smartphone launchers like nova, adw etc...


Does that mean if i install a third party launcher it will remove the touchwiz ? or will it just overlap on it ? How does this work ? also will it improve my performance vs using touch wiz ?


Update:

nevermind found out the answer myself

My next question is What's the best way to stop touchwiz using ram and all that if running another launcher?

Is the only possible solution to this a ROM which doesn't use touch wiz at all ? Such as super nexus ?


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 12:35 PM

you mean install a third party launcher e.g. Nova, and then use titanium backup to freeze touchwiz ? is that what you meant

ah ok thx.

so... hm... so has anybody yet done a review comparing using a third party launcher (with touch wiz frozen) vs touch wiz ?

is there any performance improvements ?

i'm pretty ok with touchwiz look, but if third party can provide better performance, fewer redraws, no memory leak then i don't mind switching. I was googling for an answer earlier but didn't quite find one

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Added on September 15, 2012, 1:16 pmPS: has anyone else tried this app yet ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...pit.expander.de

it claims they can extend your ram usage from 1gb to 4gb by means of swapping via the use of an external SD.

does it really make that big a difference ?

Also from my understanding even if you have a class 10 ext sd, the samsung s3 has a bandwidth cap or something preventing the full speed class 10 ext sd's are capable of. As such is this app still useful ?


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 01:16 PM

i noticed from this heavy debate here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869578


I took the plunge and installed Nova launcher and my first impression



I'm sold on third party launchers


Nova launcher prime
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?..._from_developer



I'm going to experiment also with this jelly bean theme for Nova
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...com.photox.jbhd

i never tried apex, but i can tell you nova prime is amazing

worth it.

i notice the screen is much smoother when flipping between pages. touchwiz has too many redraws which i didn't quite realize until i switched to nova prime

some of the benefits of nova prime launcher

pros:
1. performance
2. modability too many to go into
3. better app folder management
4. more gesture controls
5. you can add a touch screen button to replace the physical one. I'm loving it so no need to use super nexus rom, i can keep using my wanamlite, and just use nova launcher to customize the touchpad button.
6. can also use the jelly bean theme. same reason as point item number 5.
7. rather than use gmail widgets, nova prime has a plugin called tesla unread which allows me to do the same thing but more efficiently but using the default gmail icon widget. So the gmail widget now has the number of unread emails appended to the bottom right of the icon.
8. can easily import my widget layout from touchwiz to nova prime.
9. eacy to backup widget layout and settings for nova prime.
10. has a feature to check for updates for nova prime and perform the update



cons:
1. the touchwiz clock weather widget is gone however other widgets from touchwiz remain selectable from the widget selection screen oddly.
2. there doesn't seem to be an option in nova prime to change the lock screen wallpaper :/ to do that i think still need to do via samsung s3 settings if i am not mistaken.



When i tried to freeze touchwiz, it worked for a while, but later the app menu buttons were gone. so i don't think it's recommended to freeze touchwiz from what i've seen

nova launcher has a free and paid version.

paid version has the prime suffix.

here i created a short video showing you i modified nova prime launcher to work nicely with my wanamlite jelly bean rom.




The lock screen still uses the default one from samsung.

I tried the jelly bean icons but i don't particularly like them. i am however using some jelly bean animations for some of the things, which i tweaked using nova prime.

the question is, how do i get the jelly bean lock screen

also notice in the dock at the very bottom, the third button from the left. when you press it, it's the same result as if you pressed the physical menu button. it's very nice to use and lessens the wear and tear on the physical button.

I still use the physical button especially for when i am inside an app so i don't have the view for the dock.


As for the far right button, that opens up the application window



This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 06:53 PM

first thing to know is....

which rom are you using ? Not all roms are equal some are stable, and some are not. other times things can get buggy if you don't do the factory reset when upgrading/downgrading to rom.


the next thing to check is the viber applications googleplay comments. Is anybody else using this app having the same issue?



hope that helped

I just wanted to reclarify again HOW you can add that using nova prime. So you can use say wanamlite which doesn't have that feature as you highlight, but able to get it via nova prime


step 1: buy nova prime from googleplay and install

step2: open up nova launcher settings

scroll right to the bottom and make sure nova launcher is selected as your default home launcher.


step3: press the menu button to go back to the front page. you should see a widget that lets you import widgets from another launcher. use that to recover your widget layout from your previous launcher.

once done, chances are those 2 virtual menu buttons are now missing. Don't panic ( i did until i figured out how to re-add them manually).

step4: on your main screen press and hold on a blank spot and you should see a menu pop up with the Nova Actions option. Select that.

Then select to add App Drawer, and Recent Apps.

I believe the one you wanted specifically was recent apps

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 07:17 PM

I've updated my rom and kernel for anyone that cares to know



[ROM][14 Sept][XXDLI7 V3.5][JellyBean] WanamLite
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705866

Siyah BETA kernel for leaked Jelly Beam rom (SiyahKernel S3-v1.6Alpha)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709686
http://www.gokhanmoral.com/


PS: this siyah was already tested and designed the XXDLI7 leaked jelly bean rom

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 15 2012, 09:29 PM

i'm still in the process of using titanium backup to recover my apps.

But from what i read this new wanam jb rom leak has the best battery consumption until now. But someone mentioned firefox crash ? Then someone else posted a fix for that

Going to get around to checking on that,

ah.... good tip

new to nova prime

did you try edit the widget size after you placed it

for nova prime the way i did it was,

tap hold on a blank screen, then add app. Then select multiple apps to add to the folder. Then rename the folder name, and re-order icons.

I then go to nova prime settings and change the folder animation/effects/look to how it want it to be, in my case a round backdrop with 4 small icons :}

my father one time had the same experience. park car for gas, then thief gets into the car and almost drove him over

what is malaysia coming to


anyways at least now we know for sure honda accord and samsung galaxy s3 don't mix

This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 16 2012, 12:40 AM

hm.... why not download the 720p fansubs for fairy tail from nyaa.eu using torrent ? the quality of the site you mentioned is not so good

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Added on September 16, 2012, 1:13 amjust recently my residential area got a few robberies. the indonesian robbers like spiderman .... they come into your house through the roof ... hence the nickname.

got our own community residential security, also not enough to counter ... bit sad Malaysia


Anyways ... latest wanamlite jb leak using siyah alpha jb leak kernel is both working fine with no issues.


This post has been edited by Moogle Stiltzkin: Sep 16 2012, 01:14 AM