So if you use the latest Nova Launcher Beta and change the "App Animation" inside the "Look and Feel Menu" to Jelly Bean 4.1, you will get the launching animation I was talking about. Its still missing in the multitasking menu but otherwise, the transition animations are as close it'll get to Jelly Bean on ICS.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1389071

 

Any good source for a nice wallpapers for gs3?

 

Try any of the XDA forums of the phones with the same resolution as the S III (Note, Nexus, HTC One X). Look specifically in the Themes and Apps section. Here's a pretty good thread of people's set up and they usually post their wallpapers if you see something you like:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1722325

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1445433

 

Pretty cool, but I couldn't find it in the market

 

google now scared me this morning by knowing exactly where i worked and how long the commute was without me ever inputting or configuring anything.

so cool.

(back on vanirbean v8 and loving it)

 

Damn I hope they upgrade the Evo LTE or a have CM9 (10?) JB rom. Fack, I hope they don't pull a Samsung on us.

 

The AT&T Galaxy Note is getting ICS officially tomorrow. Some people at XDA are saying its already on Kies if you're on stock and want to grab it. Maybe someone posted the image on XDA and you can flash it using ODIN if you don't want to use KIES.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1761562

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/9/314...e-video-photos

 

 

Yeah Google Now is creepy and cool like that. It even pops up when you search for restaurant/food. I'm gonna be flying in a few days and I look forward to getting updates to and from the airport.


http://epiccm.blogspot.com/

If it got CM9, then there's a good change it'll get CM 10. Also, I believe the other carriers got their updates for ICS so Sprint is just holding them back on something. Probably testing out the LTE function.

 

It looks like the AT&T Galaxy S2 Skyrocket ICS update is out as well via Kies:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1761610

I don't understand why Samsung uses that piece of crap. Then again, I don't have to worry about it since I only run custom ROMs. Lol.

 

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fro...ng/XBYeD-bhk1o


CM10 here we come. Can't come fast enough.

 

sweet! I want a port to NS now!!

 

This Moto Circle Widget is amazeballs!

 

Looks interesting. Someone will probably port the widget soon enough as long as it doesn't depend on the Blur framework.

 

You guys hear about the Ouya?


$99 Android powered gaming console running Android 4.0. Will be unlocked and rooting won't void the warranty. Sounds really interesting. What the Q should've been although they've hacked the Q to start up a launcher now. Will post that in its thread.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/2/313...-by-yves-behar

 

It's not Blur anymore

 

Well, the time has come for me to get rid of my HTC Desire (yeah, the original) and get a new smartphone.

Toss-up between the Note and Galaxy S III...Thoughts?

 

S III as long as it isn't on Verizon. Should have more future proof support from CyanogenMod and XDA. The Note 2 is also supposedly coming out around the new iPhone time.

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/...-fall-2012079/

 

Thanks, dude. Up in Canada though...so, different carriers. But, I think my carrier roams with Verizon and Sprint when I'm down in the US.

 

Does that make the S III a bad choice?

 

I just remembered after I posted that. Lol. But no it won't affect you in this case so I still stand by my recommendation of the S III. You'll probably see that the original Note will only get up to Jelly Bean officially (if it gets it at all) at this point while the S III should at least get up to Key Lime Pie officially.



In regards to the Verizon S III Variant:

The S III on Verizon is different than the other variants because Verizon decided to lock the bootloader down like it did with the Droid X and other Droid devices. While the normal user won't notice the difference between a locked bootloader and an unlocked one, this greatly turns away a lot of devs from it and will make it harder for anyone to port any custom ROMs onto it.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/09/v...-galaxy-s-iii/

 

But being this close to the next Nexus line launch, I'd suggest waiting until after the announcement.

 

Eh, while the latest and greatest is nice, I don't need to be THAT latest/greatest.

A smartphone is a smartphone and what I need it for, waiting around is not going to change the fact I need to replace the Desire now rather than later.

 

A new Nexus won't be announced until around Christmas season as it usually does. If its anything like the previous Nexus where it dropped to half its original price unlocked from the Play Store within 6 months at Google I/O, then its probably better to wait for that drop. Then again, the wait would depend on what phone you're currently on.

 

https://plus.google.com/u/0/11277349...ts/QLETQNekJ6D


This means factory images should be up at the dev site if you want to go back to stock soon. My Nexus had to die at the wrong time.

 

Pretty cool app and its free in the play store:


https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...cts.calculator


Similar in functionality to the Note with their ICS update. Although, it doesn't do as complex equations yet. I'm sure they'll improve this app as it goes along.

 

Returning my Tab 2 for the Nexus.

 

I would do the same thing.


Jelly Bean OTA for the Takju GSM Nexus straight from Google:

http://android.clients.google.com/pa...D.edfff6d3.zip


You must have stock recovery and probably best to unroot before applying this OTA.

Instructions:

http://www.androidcentral.com/how-ma...r-galaxy-nexus

 

Well this is interesting:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/s...n-for-verizon/

Samsung is going to sell a version of the S III for Verizon with an unlocked bootloader from their website for $599. I wonder if they can somehow use the unlocked bootloader on the locked versions. I'm sure they'll figure it out so people with the Verizon version can benefit from this in some way.

 

Well this is interesting:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/s...n-for-verizon/

Samsung is going to sell a version of the S III for Verizon with an unlocked bootloader from their website for $599. I wonder if they can somehow use the unlocked bootloader on the locked versions. I'm sure they'll figure it out so people with the Verizon version can benefit from this in some way.

 

Gonna try flashing this port from the GN for my NS, right now camcorder and voice search has problems, things i can live without till the OTA comes to my phone!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1764646

 

sorry for the noob question... but as I have mentioned in the past that I have no clue when it comes to rooting and customizing... but when I was in California last month, I had someone root my Galaxy Nexus... and it has CM9..

...just curious, about the Jelly Bean update... Will I get the OTA? Or I won't now because it's rooted?

 

No you won't get the OTA. CM9 removes the OTA update check so it doesn't accidentally download. You will need to flash the original stock unrooted ROM in order to get OTAs. If you're rooted and you have a custom recovery (which is very likely CWM), the OTA will not flash due to the checks it makes before updating.


If you want to go back to stock, grab the factory images here and use fastboot:

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images


You will want either the Takju or the Yakju. Takju is preferable but either will work for the GSM Nexus.


If that's still too technical for you, use the Wugfresh toolkit.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1454314

This will automate everything for you to get back to stock. Just make sure to backup your stuff before attempting any of the above.

 

Alternatively, since you already have a custom recovery and ROM, you could flash one of the many custom Jelly Bean ROMs at XDA without going back to stock. You will need to download any of them and place them on your internal memory.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1737849

^That one is a good one as its closest to stock but it is rooted and deodexed for easier theming. It won't have all the custom tweaks CM9 added but if you can't wait for CM10, you can flash the above using CWM. Make sure to backup first.

1) Reboot to recovery
2) Wipe Data and Factory Reset
3) Advanced --> Wipe Dalvik Cace
4) Go back --> Install from zip
5) Scroll down to the zip file from the thread above and install
6) Reboot (you don't need to flash GApps with the zip above as it already contains them)

You should be booting up into a clean Jelly Bean.

 

i got jelly bean!!! Although i havent had a chance to play yet, i'll let you all know how it is soon!

 

Bought the Galaxy S III last night. Liking it quite a bit so far...what a nice upgrade from the gen 1 HTC Desire.

 

You'll regret missing out on the iPhone experience.

 

Carry the latest and greatest from Apple for work. Honestly, I don't get why people line up for it.

I LOVE the Galaxy. IMO, it's a better product. Oh well.

 

got updated my Galaxy Note to ICS (dont laff) and damn i love the OS already....snappier/Contacts is a lot better/call logs get grouped/notifications are better/

falling in love with the phone all over again

 

wooohooo jelly bean is AMAZING! lol

Soo much smoother. The animations are amazing, make my phone feel more grown up. The new notification bar is elegant, makes me wonder wtf was with the old one lol. Not to mention the buttery smoothness . I've also noticed when i bring up recently used apps it actually comes up right away something that didnt happen to me in ICS or any equivalent ROM, which is why i never used it. But now its almost instantly!

So far there is TWO things i dont like right now. One i think they increased the bottom line of the keyboard's length. So i'm miss typing a lot and hitting period instead of m. Among the others, thats just the most common.

The other, with the new predictive text which is accurate for articles/prepositions right now, when i press space i dont have the shortcut to the exclamations/question marks. I liked that placement since i use them a lot haha. But these are things i'll get used too overtime. Still gonna play with it more.

For now my port doesnt support video recording and it seems playing videos from the browser, and supposedly voice search (havent tried that one yet). But these are things i can live without till i get my actual Jelly Bean ROM