speedemon90

thats a nice one.

I downloaded UCCW and I have no clue how to use it lol. It seems so customizable to the point where you need to do everything. Too much work lol.

Here's what i have for the time being

speedemon90

just found a gold mine for customizing.

I'll get to this eventually. Seems like a lot of work lol, but this guy has amazing stuff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=36326720

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Well, in an interesting turn of events, I got another new phone

I went in to return the S3 this afternoon (the "storm" from yesterday closed the TMO store early), and I was fully aware, but obviously annoyed, that there is a $50 restocking fee on the phone. The rep was really nice, and the convo went like this:

Me - "I'd like to return this phone."
Him - "Whats wrong with it?"
"Its just not me, I can't get used to it."
"Ok" *types into computer for a minute or two* "You know theres a $50 restocking fee on the phone, right?"
"Yea, unfortunately"
"Sorry about that, corporate has it built into the system, I can't bypass it. Unless of course there was something wrong with the phone and you wanted something else."
"....Would we be able to, uhhh --"
"Im giving you a way out"

Long story short, I did something I didnt think I'd do and walked out with $50 in my pocket and a Nexus 4 I know that completely goes against what I said about the battery life, but I have 14 days to test it out. If it can make it through a work day, Ill be more then happy.

Anyway, off to root it and flash a new rom.

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

^^^

@ N4

speedemon90

hahaha nice!!!!!

Damn it! My phones still better
jk....
i wish i had one :/

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

So far Im really liking the N4. Its fast as hell, the camera seems to be on par with the S3. The build quality is great too, very Apple like (). And Im a fan of the weight, it feels solid.

is300eater

what phone did you have just before the N4?

speedemon90

he had the nexus s

nice, glad you're happy civic. Damn the camera is that good. MAN I want it now!!! Lets hope the battery works out for you!

is300eater

there are a bunch of N4's for sale in the local Craigslist, some sealed in box... which pisses me off... people like that are getting a hold of them, only to flip them for a profit. I'm just wondering if it's worth it from a Galaxy Nexus.

speedemon90

Well it depends how your GN is holding up.

Is it laggy?? I know you like pics, so the N4 will offer you that. As for features, you get them all so its really speed, camera, and possibly battery life worth the $350 for you. Then yes.

is300eater

at times, it's a little laggy... but I'm going to pay more attention to it and see.

The camera was absolute shit when it was ICS 4.0, but has improved a LOT since the updates (I mean... it wouldn't eve focus properly in the beginning). My only gripe now is that when I do Photo Sphere... there ALWAYS seems to be one spot that will be out of focus, or NOT stitched right. Otherwise, it's not too bad.

Battery life? I bought extra batteries

So, I guess maybe not worth it... or at least not right now. If I wait a few more months, I'm pretty sure the price will come down (in Craigslist, that is).


but I must say, actually... the ONE thing that bothers me a LOT that you didn't mention is the reception. With my last phone that I had briefly (HTC Sensation), I'd get in the elevator (of my building), and would lose reception... EVERYBODY does. But the second I walk out of the elevator, before I even get into my condo, the reception is back, literally when I step out of the elevator. The Galaxy Nexus would sometimes take up to 5 minutes before it comes back, I usually just do a reboot. So, that would be my biggest complaint about my GN

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

I wonder if the reception issue is something that could be fixed with a radio update.

speedemon90

are you running a custom ROM???

I know that happened to my NS a few times. And every time it happened its when i needed it too. Was so annoying.

zguy95135

I'm jelly no Nexus 4 for us poor Sprint users.

On the upside one of my die hard Apple fan girl friends bought a Nexus 4, and now has the Note 2 (jealous again ). She loves it, and is even getting into rooting and roms... I never thought I'd see the day.

CGFebTSX04

Nice pickup. Still gonna hold off and see how the Xperia Z fares. Just really annoyed that the Nexus 4 doesn't have USB OTG for some reason. I use a USB controller on my Galaxy Nexus a lot so its one of those features I need and for cases when I need a USB drive with the small internal.

CGFebTSX04

Someone posted this 7" Pioneer AppRadio 2 headunit (there's also a 6.1" version) that allows you to control iOS and Android devices on the phone. Its going for $370 on Amazon. If you have root, you can do a full on mirror with an app from the Play Store. Not sure if it mirrors on the iPhone. Maybe if you jailbreak?:



http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/AppRadio


Here is a demo of a Motorola phone being mirrored onto the Pioneer headunit using the ARLiberator app with steering wheel control and touchscreen on the headunit:



ARLiberator for $25:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...GliZXJhdG9yIl0.

CGFebTSX04

Here it is on a Cayman and a Nexus 4:

speedemon90

does anybody use uccw???

I need a way to open the app drawer!!

CGFebTSX04

^Isn't it just a widget? Why can't you access the app drawer? You could reset the launcher you're using under Manage Apps.

speedemon90

yea its a widget. I can get to the app drawer its just i want a way to have a hotspot on the widget to access the app drawer. I can access apps but not app drawer, sucks.

CGFebTSX04

Not sure then. Haven't messed with UCCW yet but there's probably a way to do it. If not, you could probably use one of those gesture apps to activate it or like that accessibility app that's similar to iOS devices.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...3VjaC5ob2xvIl0.

CGFebTSX04

Man the Carbon for Android is looking good. Looks better than Falcon Pro and that's a pretty good looking app too:


This app was supposed to be released a long time ago but wow I wish more apps looked like this. I guess eventually it'll get released?

speedemon90

ohh okk, thanks.


Another question. I'm trying to take change the UCCW template i found. I wanna change the apps and for that i need the image of the icons.

I got an icon pack that i downloaded from the play store. Where would i find the images in the icon pack in my phone?? I dunno where to look and find them.

CGFebTSX04

Some of those icon packs are launcher dependent. Inside the launcher, they have a theme chooser or something like that. You could technically pull the apk and unzip it, find the icon images and drag to a folder onto your phone.

speedemon90

yea i may have too.

This awesome template i found has stupid twitter in there. I dont use twitter!!!

The app icons dont work cause once i enable it i cant make changes without having to delete it. I dont know where to put that app drawer haha, making me mad lol

CGFebTSX04

Looks pretty clean. Are the templates regular PNG files? If so, you could probably open up Photoshop or GIMP and just replace the Twitter icon with the App Drawer.

speedemon90

no they are uzip files so they go can be used by uccw. Well i didnt open the uzip if you can, never heard of uzip before so not sure. But i can add to it, so i'll try to and the png image of another icon taken from the icon pack and just place it over it

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Im beginning to get the hang of Photosphere. There are a few stitch errors in this one, but its my best yet:



I havent quite gotten up to taking a full 360* shot.

is300eater

^^^still better than any attempts I've ever gotten (with my Galaxy Nexus)

speedemon90

hey that isnt bad at all!

You dont even notice the stich errors unless you look for them. If you just show it off its not many people would catch it.

And that camera is pretty damn good as well!

is300eater

This was one of the better ones after several attempts but as you can see, the bottom right wasn't stitched right

speedemon90

took forever but i'm finally done!

I'm not changing anything other than a wallpaper for at least a month

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

^^ That shot still amazes me.

Doom878

I was playing with my friend's S3. Man it's light and huge. But in comparing to my other friend's iPhone 4s camera the newer S3 didn't shoot as nice. The 3 of us unanimously preferred the 4s shots. On the S3 all the highest settings were used and we shot in HDR. Are we just nuts or is that how it is?

CGFebTSX04

No you guys aren't nuts. Both phones are pretty close when it comes to shooting photos. Why? Because they use the same exact Sony BSI sensor. The difference comes down to the algorithm software when using Auto Mode. If you played around with the settings manually you'd come up with almost the same exact photos and detail. If you read the reviews between the two phones you'll see that both have their strengths and weaknesses but its almost a tossup between the two. The S3 camera has been one of the best in the Android world and the newer phones improved on that like the Note II and One X.

speedemon90

Do you know then, when ROM devs say they added the sony bravia engine, is that part of the camera???

Yea my friends 4s takes good pics too, i notice its a lot better in handling colors in bad lighting situations.

speedemon90

some dude made his own N4 dock
thats nice!
All you need is a 3d printer!

is300eater

I still don't understand the concept of 3D printers

mdkxtreme

Nice! Supposedly my class is going to play with the school's 3D printer. This just gave me an idea on what I want to make!

CGFebTSX04

Sony's Bravia Engine relates to the screen colors. It supposedly boosts the colors/contrasts notably in videos. I was under the impression that it was a placebo effect outside of the Sony phones because the display would require the necessary hardware to use it. (Not usually found outside of Sony phones) Not sure if thats changed now. Just think of it being similar to Voodoo colors but done automatically.