[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] chaosrecords:
I never post.. but i have been a hardcore lurker for years. Im not a dev or programmer, but I am an IT manager for a very large indirect dealership and also for a smaller CDMA regional carrier so i love learning as i go when it comes to modding my devices. Ive owned every HTC device since the Touch Diamond and have been experimenting with roms on flashed devices. I switched to a Note 2 because HTC's lack of communication and multiple broken promises have finally made me jump ship.

I just wanted to voice that i love this ROM and the amount of detail that went into it.

I have gone through 5 different roms for my Gnote 2 on Sprint, and this one is my favorite,. however there are two things that i wanted to mention that has been brought up already, but it is important enough to me to log in and post.

The theme colors are great- Black, cobalt/carolina blue and gray are my favorite colors- hands down great theming overall.

Please don't take any offense to these, as they are suggestions if i knew how to fix myself or to help with i would.

I like the logo , but in a design aspect, i feel it is extremely overused. Like product placement inside a product (insert yo dawg meme) almost to a point that its a turn-off.

The best way i can describe it is Its like watching a dvd screener with a watermark, or listening to a song done by a DJ that does a drop every 20 seconds. ( think of DJ Clue)

I think that the boot screen, built in wallpaper, and even an overlay for the about screen would be enough to "advertise" that what this rom is to get the word out and to discourage people stealing. i dont know if its done that way on purpose to curb kranging or if its just Josh's "style"

But seeing it on the boot screen, pull down notifications, background to every system framework app, and even on apps, such as Facebook, it is becoming cumbersome to the point where it gets in the way for me to see things. I would love for the option to customize this, or change it.

I know everybody is different, and when it comes to deploying things everyone has their own tastes, I love a clean slimmed down look, and this rom does that sans the logos, I dont want anyone to take offense to these comments- just take it as constructive. There are alot of people out there like me that actually do donate anonymously but wait for those little changes to make things just right before sending a decent amount.

A suggestion would be to allow options in aroma to "install logos" or "just install color scheme" for the framework.

Also if there is a way to re-theme the stock keyboard and keep functionality that would be amazing. An alternative i have tried is the swiftkey4 beta, but the ability to choose which one to install the ROM with would be pretty great.

The ROM is already over 1gb, so its not like the extra framework is going to cause any issues or complaints from other users. ( at least not me)

An alternative would be to release the ROM with different flash able mods to change certain things- like one with logos, one without. ( and or expand into different color schemes)

To be 100% honest i do not know much about modifying framework, I have tweaked previous roms themes before by dissecting a rom and finding the PNGs and changing them in while keeping the same file name, and re zipping them for personal use. Or finding roms and adding flashovers from other roms ( like roam only options) however with framework i will need to research a little more, if you have any sources to point me in the right direction, i would mind helping out or doing ports.

Also another suggestion, I started on v11 -2 weeks ago, and it added 1100 images to one gallery, and the other it did not, I know there has to be 2 cameras and galleries due to the different android builds they are based on. I happen to love the stock camera, and only use the 4.2 camera when i want to do a photosphere, but with the galleries, one of them ( i believe 4.2's will show everything including the hundreds of themed icons baked in the rom. I know we cant have the best of both worlds but if there is a way of at least changing the app's icons ( like how the camera has a 4.2 on it) so its easily distinguishable from the home/app drawer it would be great.

I know when you get the popup to launch a default app you get to choose gallery, or gallery3d.. but if you are just launching gallery from app drawer, for example, i cant tell you how many times i said " **** wrong gallery" and had to close and reopen the other one.

If anyone has any feedback on this post id appreciate it- keep up the good work.