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ZesPak said:
Actually, all of those are stock Samsung IRC, stunned every time at the ugliness of the widgets Samsung has the nerve to deliver with their phones.
TameRacingDriver said:
Agreed. Actually the ugliness of Samsung's whole UI was a major part in turning me off them. Its cartoony, inconsistent, garish and just plain ugly. Features for features sake. Shame as I still think the Note 2 was the best all round phone I ever had other than the horrific UI and too big.
Too big? Isn't that the entire point of the phone? It's nothing more than an upsized S3 
Just like the original Note was an S2 XXL.Well, the good thing is that you can solve the UI look by just a launcher. I love nova launcher, just for the fact it makes me "fix" the 4x5 grid into a 5x6 grid for example. Add to that the better look/easy to apply icon packs,...
I like the stock android on my N7, but it bothers me that I can't adjust the number of homescreens for example. The UI on the Oppo Find 5 is ugly as well, it's my only and biggest gripe with the phone, but it's completely fixed by Nova Launcher.
Honestly, if it's THAT easy to change your UI look (it's no harder than changing a wallpaper imho), it's hardly an argument against a phone. I just think it's stupid on Samsung's side, as people see the phone in test like that and think: that looks gash.
ZesPak said:
Too big? Isn't that the entire point of the phone? It's nothing more than an upsized S3 Just like the original Note was an S2 XXL.
Well, the good thing is that you can solve the UI look by just a launcher. I love nova launcher, just for the fact it makes me "fix" the 4x5 grid into a 5x6 grid for example. Add to that the better look/easy to apply icon packs,...
I like the stock android on my N7, but it bothers me that I can't adjust the number of homescreens for example. The UI on the Oppo Find 5 is ugly as well, it's my only and biggest gripe with the phone, but it's completely fixed by Nova Launcher.
Honestly, if it's THAT easy to change your UI look (it's no harder than changing a wallpaper imho), it's hardly an argument against a phone. I just think it's stupid on Samsung's side, as people see the phone in test like that and think: that looks gash.
I know the point of the Note is to be a big phone, but I personally found it too big after a while, it got irritating. Difficult for my admittedly not particularly large hands to hold some times. The Nexus 4 I've got now is much nicer to hold. Just like the original Note was an S2 XXL.Well, the good thing is that you can solve the UI look by just a launcher. I love nova launcher, just for the fact it makes me "fix" the 4x5 grid into a 5x6 grid for example. Add to that the better look/easy to apply icon packs,...
I like the stock android on my N7, but it bothers me that I can't adjust the number of homescreens for example. The UI on the Oppo Find 5 is ugly as well, it's my only and biggest gripe with the phone, but it's completely fixed by Nova Launcher.
Honestly, if it's THAT easy to change your UI look (it's no harder than changing a wallpaper imho), it's hardly an argument against a phone. I just think it's stupid on Samsung's side, as people see the phone in test like that and think: that looks gash.
I disagree that you can replace the entire GUI with a launcher. That's just the launcher you replace, not the rest of TouchWiz, i.e. the Notifications bar, the apps (the gallery is just garbage, the calendar is ugly, I could go on), the icons in the bar, and more stuff that a launcher will not change.
It seems a common misconception that just sticking Nova or some other launcher onto a TouchWiz or Sense phone will immediately make it stock, it doesn't.
You can eradicate TouchWiz, but not without rooting and a custom ROM, which is far too technical / intimidating for most of the population to attempt doing.
As you know, this doesn't bother me (heck most of my screenies in this thread are on the Note 2) but the stock experience for me is still much better, and is nice as a blank canvas with which to add whatever the hell you want.
My latest:
Nexus 4 with 'Pixel Rain' live wallpaper and two Zooper widgets. Nice and minimal.
I agree with all the comments on TouchWiz, and even Sense to a certain extent. After using pure Android on both my Nexus 4 and 7, I honestly don't think I could go back to a modified version.
Nexus 4 with 'Pixel Rain' live wallpaper and two Zooper widgets. Nice and minimal.
I agree with all the comments on TouchWiz, and even Sense to a certain extent. After using pure Android on both my Nexus 4 and 7, I honestly don't think I could go back to a modified version.
Edited by RacingBlue on Friday 3rd May 10:36
TameRacingDriver said:
I disagree that you can replace the entire GUI with a launcher. That's just the launcher you replace, not the rest of TouchWiz, i.e. the Notifications bar, the apps (the gallery is just garbage, the calendar is ugly, I could go on), the icons in the bar, and more stuff that a launcher will not change.
It seems a common misconception that just sticking Nova or some other launcher onto a TouchWiz or Sense phone will immediately make it stock, it doesn't.
You can eradicate TouchWiz, but not without rooting and a custom ROM, which is far too technical / intimidating for most of the population to attempt doing.
Agreed. Changed all the apps as well on my S2 (gallery app on the Oppo is MUCH better), the notifications never bothered me. We agree that the stock experience is ok, the interface looks terrible compared to other phones/stock.It seems a common misconception that just sticking Nova or some other launcher onto a TouchWiz or Sense phone will immediately make it stock, it doesn't.
You can eradicate TouchWiz, but not without rooting and a custom ROM, which is far too technical / intimidating for most of the population to attempt doing.
RacingBlue said:
Nexus 4 with 'Pixel Rain' live wallpaper...
Joink!Stolen
I tried that on my Nexus 4 (pixel rain) but found the frame rate drops whenever the "splash" effect occurs. I removed it, as it was too distracting. Weird, because you'd think the N4 would have more than enough grunt to do something like that without stuttering.
I quite like "Under the Sea" Live Wallpaper but it also stutters when returning back to the home screen.
I quite like "Under the Sea" Live Wallpaper but it also stutters when returning back to the home screen.
TameRacingDriver said:
I tried that on my Nexus 4 (pixel rain) but found the frame rate drops whenever the "splash" effect occurs. I removed it, as it was too distracting. Weird, because you'd think the N4 would have more than enough grunt to do something like that without stuttering.
I quite like "Under the Sea" Live Wallpaper but it also stutters when returning back to the home screen.
I quite like "Under the Sea" Live Wallpaper but it also stutters when returning back to the home screen.
Just downloaded it, measly 10 raindrops, glow, "touch" effect, "splash" effect, framerate drops on the Find 5 (Snapdragon 600)!
ZesPak said:
Just downloaded it, measly 10 raindrops, glow, "touch" effect, "splash" effect, framerate drops on the Find 5 (Snapdragon 600)!
Real shame about the Under the Sea one as its really smooth and pretty but like I say, go back to the homescreen from an app and it stutters for a second while it "restarts".
Richyvrlimited said:
rsv696 said:
Just replaced my iPhone with a Galaxy Note - what a brilliant phone! Latest wallpapers here :
Looks like you've driven through the app worlds version of Halfords whilst covered in glue.You should visit here http://mycolorscreen.com/
Had to size them down to fit in the <2MB bracket.
Wallpaper is one I got from the "HD wallpapers" app.
Novalauncher, 5 x 6 grid, "Stark" icon pack
Widgets LRTB:
Beautiful widgets clock
Google Now
Beautiful widgets battery
Simple calendar widget
Keep
Love the stark icon pack, quite "expensive" for some icons but they look nice and flat, fits well with the google "holo" design language.
If you like those icons, you might also like the "Minimal UI" icon set also. I've got them on my Nexus 7 and they look ace.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com....
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