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[Motorola Photon 4G] Lokifish Marz:
Stock:

Laggy/choppy UI (this is a major sales killer. out of the box the lg optimus ui is faster/smoother)

Tons of mostly unused proprietary account services running in the background (BlurOrkut for example)

Mostly useless widgets (When most tap on a clock widget they want it to open the clock app. almost all of the blur widgets do nothing when you tap them)

If you replace the launcher, never use most of the blur services and use third party widgets then stock is a overweight and mostly useless. That being said, if you love blur and it's widgets, use most of those builtin account services then stock is the way to go.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbb2388:
Stock ROM completely lacks the ability to customize everything. Thats what I hate most about it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ski21:
I loaded Jokers skinnyV2, and wow, awesome. Fast, smooth and everything is working like stock. I think I found a new daily driver.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bully4x4:
I bounce between stock and cm9 stock when I need 4g and cm9 when I want processing and better multi tasking. Not to mention cm9 has more features.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bray424:
At least once a week I feel convinced that I NEED 4G, camcorder, or mms, so I install one of the modified stock roms. This usually lasts about 30 minutes before I come to my senses and go back to an ICS rom. I've been using Joker's ICS builds since about the fourth day of owning my photon, and running any non ics rom just feels like putting lawn mower wheels on a Ferrari. Giving up a couple features that I would realistically use at most 10 minutes a week in exchange for an infinitely better user experience is a no brainer in my opinion.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I went back to stock about a month ago and could not be happier!!!! I have not had one single issue since (with exception of Sprints Network!) and the Photon is flawless!

BTW: I got butt naked too! OtterBox is off over by my desktop gaming computer I never use! Dont use my 2 laptops eithere. Nor my PS3. I gotta clean this place up!
[Motorola Photon 4G] rexxxgg:
I hated stock from day one. Its slow. I have tried just about every rom that the photon has to offer. My daily is between cm9 and MIUI. I just cant make up my mind because I like the fact that MIUI has lots of themes but cm9 is just awsome. Im about to try AOKP so ima jump off. cya
[Motorola Photon 4G] ski21:
Thanks all for the replies. I think I'll try the newer cm9 and mui roms. So far I'm really liking the joker skinnyv2. I'm going to test out the cm9, mui today.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Personally, I think I, and most here, have a few issues.

#1. I rooted and unlocked it.

#2. I had 230+ apps, most I had no clue!

#3. I had 3 launchers i was bouncing back and forth.

#4. Damm thing kept freezing and I had to reboot several times a week!

#5. My Bluetooth headphones were iffy? (if thats a word!)

I put it back to stock, down to maybe 60 apps, stock UI! The 7 Panels with Stock UI I have configured with my most common apps, with screens for Business, Games, Communication, Shopping, my Social accounts.......

The speed, on 3G is amazing and I can quickly check my bank account, lottery, whatever. The only thing I have extra is Weather Toggle Widgit on home screen.

@ 4 or 5 years ago, I got into flashing/rooting/unlocking/ROM's because I wanted my phone to look/be different. With Stock Photon and some time, it is different! Besides, at the end of the day, bottom line is, I need a fully functional working phone!

JMO!

David Out!
[Motorola Photon 4G] SNAAAAKEE:
I personally run CM7 and the reason being is that I like having the ability to customize every little detail on my phone and as far as I can tell it runs smoother then stock did for me. I will switch over to CM9 once they just get a one more kink worked out, I need to be able to watch Netflix so I'm waiting for the HW acceleration drivers to be added and then I'll be all in.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jbb2388:
I just installed MIUI yesterday and from what I see its even MORE customizable than CM7 including three launchers and all the google apps built in. Its also based on ICS just like CM9 is.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrcleanjr88:
being as im new to the photon but not new to droids ive flashed both cm7 and im currently running the latest build of cm9. that being said my phone runs so much smoother with these roms than i was stock. if it wasnt for the great devs we have for these phones and their persistent need to tweak everything i think the droid market would have crashed long ago. but it is personal preference but personally i like my phones to work 90% or more of the time, with stock i could never get the reliabilty like i could with roms.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Coop486:
I personally use the stock rom, it's definitely a personal preference. Some people want more control over their devices. I use mine mostly for business and just need it to work and most of the time I don't have the time to tinker. I am rooted though.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
I've been open to try everything but always end up back at stock. Everything works, and at least as well as a hopped-up ROM. For some reason, my stock ROM isn't as slow as 'everyone else in the world' claims it to be. I've noticed very little speed difference between stock and anything else.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sndtubes:
I don't understand why you would want to switch to a rom where there are major systems that don't work such as camera, 4G, etc. I'm fine with the stock rom until these things are fixed. I fear they won't be since this phone is near end of life.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FernBch:
For me I moved away from stock within a week if getting my MoPho. On stock the galley app just sucked, laggy, wouldn't load, etc. It had to go. Plus all that bloatware that I never used that ran in the background. I started with TiBu and froze bloat after bloat. Once I started dropping things that ran in the background that I never used battery life improved markedly. Plus some of the stock widget apps, like weather, were just functional at best. I would unload the widget, get an app from the market that worked better, then I would have to go in and freeze the apk's that ran the widget cause they would load anyway.

Each new ROM I try is a step closer to blur-less than the last. More stability, better battery life, and a few tweaks and it has never been easier to customize my phone to my personal tastes.

Just my 2¢

I'm a MoPho-er
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
I love the stock ROM - it's fast, stable, and works. With the CPU power and amount of memory in this phone, bloatware is not an issue.

I used to cook custom WinMo ROMs because of functionality and bloatware removal. But I found myself flashing so often, that I never felt like I just used the phone.

Also, back in the WinMo days, we got frequent "leaked" betas that were quite stable. The ICS alphas are not there yet.

---------- Post added at 05:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:47 PM ----------

You don't think they will work in the upcoming Q3 ICS release?? I'm sure they will.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
I don't think this will happen.
[Motorola Photon 4G] peetr_:
One of things, that I like on blur is the Dialer, Phone and Contacts trio. The best I ever had in phone. All other, including CM are far behind these with functionality. And BlurCamera from 2.3.5 is the best camera for this phone. But gallery is not good, music is not good, and why so much social services in system, when not all people like it? And why Electrify and Atrix has newer system (with 1080p recording), when it's almost the same hardware? Looks like something is not alright.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Th3Bill:
Funniest part is Photon has an 8MP camera, and Atrix is 5MP, yet can record higher res video...always thought that strange
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
Why don't you think they'll work in ICS?
[Motorola Photon 4G] babs2er:
Stock ROM is just great

Stock ROM is just great for everyday use

Use motomizer to further optimize the ROM

I also use Go Launcher instead of the stock launcher which is kinda slow

Compared this to my Samsung S2 where i need to use a custom ROM .. Photon just rocks
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
With sprint walking away from the photon, and without any rumors of another Motorola device for sprint on the horizon, why would they support a "dead" device? I think that sprint has some kind of "deal" with HTC and Sammy, so they push their phones.

overall it's just my personal opinion that that ics build that Motorola said we will get sprint will not give us. I had a transform before this and was supposed to get an update to 2.2 by the end of 2010, it didn't show up until March our April of 2011. So I'll not hold my breath for sprint. We have great Devs that are making this phone great

sent from my MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
I said all of this in my OP! To just be honest, Sprint **** on the Photon and it's users!! And the really sad part, they did it in more that one way!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
I hear you. I bought the Photon because (1) Photon GSM support since I travel internationally, (2) good experiences with older Moto phones, (3) just plain liked the Photon. My last 6 to 8 phones had been HTC, so was a stretch for me to change.

Hard (but not impossible) for me to believe that, after Moto finally announced Photon (=Sprint) ICS upgrade in Q3, that we won't get it. If it doesn't happen, I'll ask Sprint to let me switch to another phone (I'm a long-term, multi-line customer, and they've worked with me before).

But I believe it will happen.

And with all due respect to the devs, the ICS alphas are too buggy for me to consider for a business phone. They're doing the best they can without ICS source, so kudos to them.
[Motorola Photon 4G] bullfrog527:
Absolutely!

when was the last time you tried them out? I'm on MIUI and have had only cosmetic issues for a while, you should check it out

sent from my MIUI MoPho
[Motorola Photon 4G] dsims7_2000:
Because when you use your phone for business, the little things can cost you BIG. In my case, someone's life!
[Motorola Photon 4G] willysp:
It's been awhile. But with ICS on my Xoom, my Photon is used mostly for phone, text, email. So I'm content to wait for official ICS.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mrcleanjr88:
I thought it had been stated before that th photon wasn't getting ICS. That's why the devs are porting it to our phone...that would mean there is no official release.
[Motorola Photon 4G] sndtubes:
If it does, then I will try a custom rom
[Motorola Photon 4G] gaLAxy64:
Same for me.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BLASTphemus:
After 12+ years of being with Tmobile I am ready to move to AT&T and upgrade my iphone 3g. Long story short, I'm sick of the run around BS they have been giving me. On top of that using a jailbroken iphone 3g is practically unusable ever since I installed iOS 4.2.1 It would get stuck/lagg for like up to 5minutes. Not even being able to hard reboot. Being stuck on edge speed was excruciating while all my friends are speeding around in 3g/4g speed smartphones.

Anyways, the Samsung Note blew me away at the store yesterday and I'll be buying one tomorrow.

Any words of advice, tips, coupon codes, discounts I should now about before making my purchase? I'll be buying 2 lines but only 1 phone. The other line will be for my mother who to this day doesn't even know how to txt. So she'll be getting one of those .1 cent flip phones lol.

I'm a noob to the android community and I'm looking forward learning as much as I can about android/rooting.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shaolinx:
Skip at&t and contract all together by getting StraightTalk with GNote. Saves a TON of money
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Truaim:
Someone on here actually did the math before, and the price of an unsubsidized device isn't worth it (you save something like $95 a year) unless you only have 1 line on contract.

In response to the OP, I would definitely recommend using the second lines upgrade to get a 2nd Galaxy Note. You would have to pay for data for the first month, but after that you can shut it off.

The reason I say get a 2nd one is pretty obvious.. Throw it on craigslist the day you get it for $500, then spend $30 and get a cheap-o flip phone.

We commend you for making the transition from Apple.. you'll be much happier on this side of the fence. Open source owns.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] shaolinx:
This is true, depending on how many people you have on contract. Typically though on a 1-2 person contract for unlimited plan, you save alot of money.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BLASTphemus:
I was thinking of that but I'd rather wait out and see what the GS3 is all about.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
Welcome.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;-)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Chief Geek:
I came from tmo too. Its very hard to give up my $50 unlimited everything to pay twice as much for unlimed nothing. But tmo has been pissing me off a little at a time for a out 6 months now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pez13:
Welcome to android!!! I jumped the apple ship also went from a slowing down 3gs,

this last os5 really slowed it down, its almost like they do it on purpose to

make you upgrade!!! Get Go launcher your able to change any icon to what

you want, you can slip in a few ios png's to make you feel more at home :D

also get go sms it gives you familar pop up txt so you can answer where ever

your at without having to exit the app, nice on full screen apps where you cant

get to the notifications bar.

also foxfi is a cool wifi hotspot app that you can use without a root!!! works well
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BLASTphemus:
Thanks for the info! Man I can't wait for tomorrow!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] SteveSlimer:
I was in the same boat as you. Made the switch Friday and haven't looked back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] towncop1978:
Look for the half price deal on AT&T website.... The only catch is that you must order it online and must get two year service agreement....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] CrazyTomato76:
So If I add a 3rd line I can cxl the data plan after 30 days and only pay 9.99 a month on that line?

Thanks

CT
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Truaim:
As long as the sim card is residing in a 'non-smartphone' or non-at&t device, you don't have to pay for data. Keep in mind this means you'll have to have another phone, you can't just pull the sim card out and stick it in a drawer.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hawkeye2188:
Welcome to Android and AT&T if you decide to go that route!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bubbad58:
I bought my Note at Sams's Club for $267.00
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Cactoes Gel:
I take it you're referring to this:

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/de...are&siteId=dZCX6Je2w8Q-sBG3oO9zQ5oOdYyuLQ44IA

I've been trying this for the last three days. It used to include the Note, not anymore. :mad:

I want to switch from T-Mobile too but only until I can get this deal again. :p
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BLASTphemus:
It's been 4 days since I got my beloved Gnote. I couldn't be happier. I was worried about its size but I instantly got hooked on the screen size and it's rich/bright colors. For me the best part is the 4G LTE speeds. I had been on edge speed (jailbroken iphone) the past 4 years. I can't believe how fast I browse now. I'm disgusted with myself for settling on an edge only capable iphone 3g for such a long time.

Switching from the edge/iphone 3g to this device reminded me last year when I finally got around to get a new bed. I had been sleeping on a cheap queen size bed that was uncomfortable (often waking up to back aches) to a king size hybrid latex/foam mattress. I felt like I had been missing out on a good nights sleep all my life. lol

I can't wait to root this baby!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] clockcycle:
Straight Talk on the Note

I use a Note on Straight Talk. Got the Note from Craigslist. The math I saw someone do was flawed. But to each their own. I really enjoy the service and the price. I feel richer!

I was at the AT&T store today. A kid was convincing his mom to get herself an iPhone 4S, his reasoning to her was "you can talk to it". I stood there and used Voice Search, opened browser, GMaps, and Navigation. I moved to the iPhone Display and put my phone next to one, then walked away.

Everything the mom was saying she wanted a smartphone phone was what I had just done/showed.

She walked to the iPhone display, picked one up and said, it's smaller, a lot smaller.. :D

My job was done, saved someone today.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] nego_0:
I had my transformer 1 serviced for a light bleed buuble in the center of the screen. They sent it back and on boot up i saw gradient scan lines that were verticle across the hole screen. When i load a black or dark photo with the brightness past half i see these horad lines. Its a bummer that i have to pay shipping twice!:mad: has any one else seen this before. Ill post photos tonight. That box you see in the middle is a black square jpg
[Eee Pad Transformer General] BBowermaster:
Wow, that really does suck. I hope I never have to send my transfomers in for RMA. Seems all you hear is horror stories. I'd call them up and complain until they cover shipping. Though, I'm sure other users have tried before without luck.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Tubular:
I don't really see anything. I can't tell if those lines are due to the grainyness of the picture. Look at the hidden software buttons on the lower right, look how grainy they are. It speaks for the grainyness of the whole picture.

I think what you're describing is normal. Can you see it on anything but black on highest brightness?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] TheUndertaker21:
wow you have bad luck

my TF101 got back from RMA like 2 weeks ago

it looks brain new. it had screen problem. i explained to them how i need my tablet for college. it took them 2 days to fix and ship it. but the shipment was really though. took me 5 days to get it :(

send it to them again before your warranty expires. gonna expire next month you know.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] SiNJiN76:
Are those pics of a black screen? If so...holy Light Bleed! The whole screen is pretty much bled.
[Kindle Fire General] kadenstern:
Hey guys I got the GQ app installed on my rooted Fire running Energy CM9 Kang ROM but when I open the app it isn't formatted correctly on the screen so I can't get to the login box, anyone else have this problem?
[Kindle Fire General] BiteBlaze:
It works fine for me, but I am on a custom version of CM9, not energy.
[Kindle Fire General] kadenstern:
Well damn. Still can't get it to work today. Guess I'll just have to stick to the real paper issue lol. Thanks though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mondingo:
Does anybody know what this green plus symbol "+" is in the upper left of the notification bar? When I pull down the bar and click on it, it takes me to a link in the browser. Its not an email. I recently installed Lookout premium on my phone. Not sure if this has anything to do with it. Every time it pops up its a different site. This one says something about Att users. I ran a full check on my phone. No malware or viruses. Help. Ths is the third time it has popped up. Thanks! How do you attach a screen shot to this site?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Sounds like one of your apps gave you airpush. it is spamming ads to your notification bar. here is a thread about it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1549983
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mondingo:
Thank you.. How do I make it stop?.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jpeg42:
Install and run this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Mondingo:
How do I know what app is causing it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Chief Geek:
Airpush detector will tell you. Its free and in app store.
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
Sense 4 clock style for sense 3.6​

Good day friends!

made sense in the style of clock 4

replaced the lock ring

minor cosmetic changes

install and choose "Cover"

only for sense 3.6

So is, by popular demand, the version with the original ring lock

first remove the previous cover, and only then install the new one!

added new version

Fixed some problems

lots of graphic changes

now even more like a sense style 4 :D

​
[HTC Sensation XL] mr1029x:
Can U give me Only the clock plz? Thankz :)
[HTC Sensation XL] dhruvzz:
thank u...atleast sumthing to strt off with the sense 4 on sensation xl..:D
[HTC Sensation XL] daliborkv:
Messages widget is wider than usual...
[HTC Sensation XL] djfrost40:
I wonder if this would work in the HTC vivid rooted running wcx ics android 3.6 ROM.
[HTC Sensation XL] rijohann:
can you please make a flashable zip? i dont have the option to install apk's...:(
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
All these themes have to install both apk
[HTC Sensation XL] sikorski:
Great skin!

Thanks for this, like it very much!

Before I used the Music Lover skin for the blue color, is it possible you can make an alternative for this skin with the blue selections of the original Music Lover skin and elements?

Love that you have made the elements on the lockscreen transparent, they look great!

Thanks again.
[HTC Sensation XL] Basmach_8:
не встал скин

У меня не встал, сам скин com.htc.skin.MusicLover-2.apk появился в /data/app, но в персанализации его нету... в чем дело (андрюша 4.0.3 сено 3.6 на базе 3.32 поршивка EnergyROM)
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
дружище, а аппарат то у тебя какой? я проверял этот скин только на sensation XL! :)
[HTC Sensation XL] Basmach_8:
Sorry, аппарат sensation 4G америкос... думал разница только в железе, а ПО одинаковое... приколола темка, её никак нельзя к обычной синсации прикрутить, и по возможности панельку где погода полупрозрачной сделать?...
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
тут и железо, и ПО разные! у нас же разрешения экрана совершенно разные!

так что скорее всего поэтому ее и не видно, так как там нет ресурсов для другого экрана!

еще может не встать у тебя, если нету root на телефоне! на простую стоковую прошивку 90% не встанет ни одна тема!
[HTC Sensation XL] Gunman84:
English plis

WHAT'S WITH THE RUSSIAN POST ,HERE WE POST IN ENGLISH , IF YOU WRITE IN RUSSIAN NOBODY WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, EXCEPT THE RUSKI. :mad:
[HTC Sensation XL] -=AsteriX=-:
dont worry it was not usefull
[HTC Sensation XL] Hoshie:
Hello!

My first Post.. Come from Germany.. sorry my English..

I installed this Clock, but where can i found this after i installed this?

Sorry this noob question.. I found nothing..
[HTC Sensation XL] Loushi:
after installing, go to settings >> personalize >> move to display tab >> skin

and u should find it there :)
[HTC Sensation XL] SamuraiX10:
don't work with InsertCoin 5.1.7. or maybe i'm doing something wrong...¿?

im with normal sensation, not xl. maybe for that?
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
I also did it for the sensation xl! work on other machines, I can not guarantee this!
[HTC Sensation XL] Der_Oix:
did that, but nothing happened :/ no new skins available
[HTC Sensation XL] Loushi:
r u sure u installed the apk from the device?

thats weird!
[HTC Sensation XL] :
- removed -
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
This theme only for the sensation xl sense 3.6

we have different screen resolutions, and in this thread does not have resources for sensation
[HTC Sensation XL] gabbana-music:
try to look it up in the data/app is com.htc.skin.MusicLover-1.apk
[HTC Sensation XL] djfrost40:
Uhh that answer is not accurate...I'm using it on my HTC vivid
[HTC Sensation XL] kinggai:
Plz, make it for htc sensation xe (using sense 3.6)

Thank U:D
[HTC Sensation XL] daliborkv:
Hey gabbana! Can you please upload that blue battery mod that you are using. Thanks in advance...

Sent from my HTC Sensation XL
[HTC Sensation XL] sahce:
hello

Hello
[HTC Sensation XL] AndroHero:
Can we get the same update for this one. Like the sence 3.5 one.... Maybe with a semi transparant status bar too :-D

Thanks.