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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
Haha. As if the inconsistent capitalization and spacing wasn't enough of a giveaway... But I'm going to try to ignore the anti-grammatical OP and toss in my opinion anyway.

I personally tried to like Touchwiz when I first got the S3. I heard it was different. It was a big leap forward for Samsung's UI. It was supposed to be good. It's not (IMO). It does have a lot of useful features, but I kept finding more and more of the features to be super gimmicky. For instance, I know a lot of people find Smart Stay to be very useful, but it never worked for me, even in well-lit areas. I never used the motion or voice controls. They seemed unintuitive and clunky. The fact that the phone wakes on any received SMS/MMS and I can't change it without a 3rd party app is a big con for TW. Not only that, but I thought the color scheme was hideous - there were always either too many colors or the ones that were used clashed so badly that my eyes physically hurt from looking at the screen. Yeah, I can theme it, but can't it at least be tolerable out of the box like Sense or stock Android? Then, there's the lack of scrollable wallpaper with no way to change it; the immovable App Drawer icon; the immovable, unconfigurable toggles in the notification tray; the lack of native WiFi tether (I barely use it, but I like to know I can when I need it). On top of all that, in order to get decent performance out of the stock ROM, I had to disable at least 25 useless apps. And even then, there were performance issues (anyone who's used the XDA app in Touchwiz long enough knows how unusable it becomes; and that's the least of the problems). I just found Touchwiz to be too limiting of an experience for me.

On CM, I'm a lot happier. I don't theme the ROM because I don't feel like it's necessary; there is no gaudy purple/florescent green color combo anywhere, and the color scheme as a whole is much more cohesive. I have all the features I need and want to use without any of the problems. I get to customize it however I want. I don't have to disable a ton of apps that I can't uninstall. I get WiFi tether built into the ROM. I get everything I need without the gimmicks.

Frankly, if the best thing from Touchwiz that I'm missing is the camera (and it is), then I don't see the point in using Touchwiz over CM. Everything just feels a lot more streamlined here; less in-your-face.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Jfree3000:
Long time Sense user, hell this is my first Sammy. The reason I don't use AOSP is because as someone else mentioned, it is not completely bug free and the camera is not to my liking. I keep flip flopping back and forth but end up going back to touchwiz because of the gestures and motions built into the system.

If AOSP ever got the swipe to call and other touchwiz gestures and a better camera I would be all over it. Oh and the data swap/signal loss is what is really keeping me away from AOSP.

On a side note every time is see AOSP I was to say ASOP, like the fables lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
That really is the only reason I have not gone AOSP. The length of time it takes switching from 3g to LTE and back. I would try it out if they fixed eHRPD to fix the data problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
WiMax was cracked. What makes you think this won't be?

Plus eHRPD is a standard of the Third Generation Partnership Project 2. The are a non profit organisation. So I highly doubt eHRPD is proprietary. That doesn't mean things that depend on it like driver code isn't. But it will be fixed--soon.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Well when it's fix I will try it, but until then the problem with data is a deal breaker for me and I would imagine a lot of people that want a daily driver.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nicholaaaas:
what's any of that have to do with what I said?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Um...everything. eHRPD not working takes data forever to transition from 3g to LTE, a deal breaker IMHO. When they fix it (if they fix it since it will take reverse engineering to achieve that) I will try AOSP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Tyzing:
Aosp but really just MIUI the features that ROM has really makes me want that X phone that its stock on... so sexy

Also battery life is sick on Koons and MIUI... I went about 1 day and 16 hours and I was even using it!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] EndlessDissent:
It's not like Wimax. They don't have to reverse engineer anything this time. I don't know why you'd assume that. The only reason it hasn't been fixed is that the devs didn't have access to upgraded towers yet. Now that NV is spreading and more people can test the RIL settings, it should be fixed very soon. The most recent test build even had it mostly fixed. If I lost data on it, it was for 5 seconds at the most, and most handoffs were seamless. It's just a matter of time now.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] freecharlesmanson:
Yeah aosp aside from me plain old liking it, is a sortof investment. You run it, you test it. It constantly improves. When sprint doesn't even support this device any more aosp will still be getting updates. And will inevitably come to out perform tw with enough time
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
By the time this is true I will have long sold this one and be on the GS4, GS5, or Note 3.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vdubtx:
What is the most bug free AOSP ROM out right now. I want all to work. Have read a few where data doesn't connect correctly, or camera is not right etc.

Been wanting to try it out for awhile, haven't had the chance to since my OG EVO.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Nubbleet:
Try out AOKP. I've been running it since I got the S3, and has been pretty stable for everyday use.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Vdubtx:
OK, what is the most bug free AOKP ROM with everything working?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
CM10 nightly and CM10 skank (Jelly bro) Handoff between lte & 3g is an issue. I don't get lte so idc but if that's an issue may wanna think about that. CM10 will probably have a fix first I'd think.. A lot of what you read on here is user error. Ppl reporting things and didn't follow directions or had a bad download and didn't check md5...Ive never had any data issues on any Aosp roms on this device and I've used em all.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] slickdaddy96:
Mine is not user error. I am talking explicitly about the 3g to LTE hand off (called eHRPD). It is a deal breaker for people in LTE areas.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
May wanna reread my post. Wish I had lte. :( I will have hspa+ Nexus 4 real soon though. :D

Sent from my neXus 7 (PA & Lean)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] decimalman:
Best AOKP ROM? AOKP ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1798981

It's perfectly stable for me, but I can't comment on LTE since it won't be available here until 2024 or so.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
where in the world you at for it to 2024?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
Lucky you n I live in tallahasse fl n I get it in december

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] :
From what I've been reading lte works on all Aosps just handoff is crappy...I'll never have lte where I live. ;/ I stay about 35 mins from Norleans.. Sux

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] decimalman:
I live in the boonies, even by VT's standards. The tower I'm on at home is the only tower in something like 8 miles. We have really crappy infrastructure here. :mad:

I think we're scheduled to get LTE in the middle of next year, but I could be wrong. 2024 was a bit of an exaggeration.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
What state n city I can tell you when u when u get it bro

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
if everything was working, then it would be completely bug free, not most bug free. btw, you're not going to find any AOSP rom that is completely bug free, for any device. period.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Custodian:
My opinion. OS >android.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
What?

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
lol

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
dude get rid of that hideous signature. that's cool that you're a jellybomb supporter, but that sig is obnoxious.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
Don't look at it then dude it can be whatever I want it be so piss off

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] cnstarz:
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this is my new sig and i like it
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] galaxys3man30:
Lol that's cute homo

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ohh_Trenton:
I just came from an OS device && returned to Android this month, && I can honestly say I miss the hell out of android! && The Note2 Makes it that much better!

Android > OS , ANYDAY
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fishon975:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Only thing I like aosp over tw is that Wi-Fi hotspot is built into the Rom's settings vs tw. Tw Rom's, you have to use the Wi-Fi tether app which kills the wifi afte you use it. I use apex launcher so it really doesnt matter rom I am using. I noticed that the aosp on the s3 have too many bugs in them and i noticed that it kill my battery more than the tw roms. The options on the aosp roms are pretty nice to have.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] rrmzr1:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Tears lol!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

I love the look of AOSP, Love stock android, but touchwiz is just stable. Touchwiz has an okay look, but has cool features. Wish I could have the AOSP ROM, with the touchwiz reliability.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ohh_Trenton:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Beans rom is as close as you'll get to that.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] air2k57:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

I love aosp, that's why I have nexus 4. Well, that, among other sprint related reasons.

Touch wiz is too bloated to me, it looks okay, but doesn't look that good when compared to android 4.2 stock. To me, it is buggy, and I don't understand why Samsung had to make every stock app so ugly.

When I used gs3, I would always flash cm10.1, it worked okay at best though. Weird bugs, issues with data on sprint... Etc.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] squeeks716:
A2DP bug keeps me on TW

I like the phone ringing screen better in TW too, AOSP covers the callers image with the slide to answer box.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] MikeyLee:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Touchwiz for sure. There's always something in an AOSP ROM that doesn't work.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
i have a sprint gs3 (SPH-L710) currently with stock android 4.1.1 (no root)

the other day i tried CM10.1 nightly and got it working without a hitch

i tried to run quadrant and it kept freezing with a "cancel" button showing but did not respond when i touched it.

it also seemed not fast when swiping to different screens in the main u.i.

anyhow i like the default/stock android 4.1.1 from samsung (touchwiz) but i really wish i had all the sprint garbage off it as i use wifi only with skype or google voice

(i have no contract with cellular service at all) so i would really like a rom like touchwiz but without sprint garbage.

anyone recommend one that is stable and fast?

is there a stock sprint rom that has just had all the sprint stuff removed or a tut showing which items i can remove if im rooted and not mess up my phone?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bone6606:
difference?

What's the major difference anyway?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

I have noticed anything that really pushes the CPU slows the phone and or freezes it until reboot on CM 10.1 Antutu and quadrant both tweak out and I hear a lot of people that run games say it makes their screen go black or freezes the whole phone.

This message brought to you by my Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710) on CyanogenMod 10.1
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Stearmandriver:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Gotta throw in a plug for my favorite Rom, Wicked Sensations. It's TW based so everything works, but it's debloated and fully themed so it's smooth, fast, rock solid stable, and beautiful... doesn't really look like tw at all. Best of both worlds!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
That's a loaded question. Start reading the thread from the beginning and you'll have your answers, grasshopper.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
the people (teams) who make the AOSP roms dont they have a blueprint like what their target should be?

i would think it would be like a google nexus device as that should be the OFFICIAL AOSP device?

are any of these teams trying to do just that?

say i want my GS3 to be pure AOSP that would mean i wanted it closest to possible as a GOOGLE NEXUS device shouldnt it?

so with that info there could someone tell me a rom that is pure AOSP (PURE NEXUS)?

thanks
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Thing is that the nexus didn't have the hardware that the sgs3 does. Ok here's my best understanding in a metaphor:

Imagine you had a gaming pc with all the best specs. Then imagine that the version of Windows you had to run to support your Nvidia card work at the best level also included a bunch of crap and bloatware. You could run the stripped down version of Windows but it doesn't have all the drivers perfected for your high level hardware. Either way you lose, either way you win. Luckily this is best incarnation of Touchwiz and can be disabled easier.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] en11gma:
they are quite a few "different devices" that have the name nexus that are google approved and they all share the same looking UI and features dont they?

i mean the ones that are compat to run JB

different devices but look same and act same?

some team should be able to "Target" that as their goal.

the rom should be called

AOSP NEXUS

as that is the "real" aosp isnt it?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] fishon975:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Aosp hands down.... I have been going back and forth from tw to aosp/aokp roms... Yes everyone is right about the bugs in aosp/aokp but there is one aosp/aokp I go back to all the time, which is very stable...

As for tw... Way over bloated with unnecessary apps from both samsung and sprint which i never use....

Samsung's Camera on tw is the best so far... Wifi tether works best on aosp/aokp roms because it is built into the setting and you dont have to use any apps to Wifi hot spot your phone....

Updates on the aosp is very nice... Battery drain....its crap with either aosp or tw... I dont understand how some people are getting super battery life on their phone.... They must be glued to Wifi and have their brightness at super slow...

Aosp is nice because it is simplistic looks with sophisticated options... Tw is way too cartoonist looking.... But it is a matter if preference...

Skin/launcher.. Apex....whether you are using tw or aosp ROMs it is the same...my two cents worth...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] GiantJay:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

You don't think the Nexus 4's hardware is comparable to the S3? Because it is a lot better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

Nexus and galaxy are in different release schedules. I think sgs3 blows the doors off the galaxy nexus. As the sgs4 will do to the nexus 4.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] squeeks716:
There is a new rom that just showed up a few days ago that is AOSP themed but TW based. I dont know anything about it really but i plan to give it a try tonight...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2102822

As far as a stable TW rom, i've been using Freeza's Galaxy S Fre3 for the past couple of weeks and it works really well. Its debloated but with enough of the TW features left in to remind you that its still TW based.

Using his optimized moderatly undervolted kernel yesterday I got 16 hours of battery with 33% remaining, and that was with moderate to heavy useage throughout the day.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SGSIIIJB:
Is there any TW roms with native USB/Hotspot or is anyone working on getting it working for TW ?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] The Root:
Try Odexed Blue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] SGSIIIJB:
I didn't try odexed blue yet... but it shows using a modded wifi app not native tether
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Re: Aosp vs touch wiz????????

I have seen one ROM like that, the supernexus for the international S3, bone stock android jellybean for the gS3. Looks awesome. Been trying to port it but have a problem getting it too boot. I really wish sprint had that ROM. It would automatically be my daily.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mattg1981:
this!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mcluvin1065:
So which is the best? Hhehhhrh
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Lol. AOSP for looks, Touchwiz for stability. :D :D :D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JoeFCaputo113:
What is the difference between the 3: TouchWiz, AOSP & AOKP?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
Touchwiz is Samsung. aOSP is pure Google, and AOKP/CM are modified AOSP.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Trueno22:
touchwiz all the way. the features are just too awesome.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] skycaptain13:
TW all the way.

I hate aosp is pointless to me! Is like oh lets build this super powerful PC spend 2000$ on it and you install on that windows 3.1 you kidding me now. Aosp is like the new version of Nokia's Symbian software! That is my opinion though !!! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Visionikz03:
They both have their strengths and weaknesses... TW kernels generally preform better cuz they are coded specifically for these (gs3) phones. But TW lags a lot IMO. Not as easy to customize (need to flash pretty much any framework mod). On the upside they are very stable and everything works. AOSP/AOKP/CM and variants are nice for in ROM customization. They are light so they don't lag like TW. On the downside AOSP kernels can be jittery and lockup. Network connections on AOSP are always a challenge (lte and 3g dropouts) plus there's always some feature that's broken. I can say I like both and switch back and forth from time to time.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
I'm gonna have to say Sense. :D

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] E The Magnificent:
I prefer touch wiz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dman918:
AOSP seems boring to me. Too plain.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] yyz71:
Naw man give me pure Google any day of the week!! I guess that's why I only get nexus phones... :thumbup:

Sent From My Hard to Get Nexus 4
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] daniel4653:
On gs2 i preferred aosp but on the gs3 I have to say its all about the touchwiz
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Ahafner:
Aosp definitely.. Although TW has a better camera IMO
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] iBustCh3rries:
All about preference my friend. I switch between the 2 often at least once a week...
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spiritual Muffins:
For a while i have been switching back and forth between Touchwiz and AOSP ROMS. I decided to stick with Touchwiz (at least for now) because of all the features Samsung has incorporated into it. Sure AOSP roms are faster, more up to date and battery is better (at least it looks like it), but what's the point if I end up feeling like i'm taking a step backwards in the process. Now if there was a rom that mixed Touchwiz AND AOSP (like the foxhound rom does for the international version), i'd flash it in a heartbeat.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arrows83:
:good: I agree. A TW based ROM with the look and feel of AOSP would really be awesome!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
There is one in the android development section...

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arrows83:
I'm waiting for the kinks to be ironed out. I prefer stock kernel, debloated and simple tweaks. The less modding the better. :fingers-crossed:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Spiritual Muffins:
Name please? So I can check it out?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=36797413

There is another one, I just can't seem to find it, this is like what you were looking for. If you want jellybean keyboard just pull the one from cm10. Works fine on mine.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] arrows83:
This would be the other.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1949814
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
So that is where it went. :rolleyes: thank you.:)

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jorv976:
I used to be on cm10 and hated it. Too many bugs. I really missed Touchwiz. Went back to stock

GS3 Amplified
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] krazynayba:
Tried CM10 and I like the lockscreen, the quick settings menu, and a few of the other customization options but really that's about it. I prefer the messaging app, contacts, dialer, alarm app, calendar, and camera from TW so I'm probably going to switch back.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] dvtmg704:
Tw is the best Wicked Sensation rom is sick
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Overstew:
There's gotta be a way to get the LTE radio on AOSP to be as strong as the one on Touchwiz. I wish I had time to invest into looking up the code to fix it myself. lol I'm starting to wonder if it's just a network tweak in the ROM.

Overall, I love the functionality of AOSP. Touchwiz is more stable, but very ugly (stock theme imo is terrible.)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] bog3nator:
I just tried aosp for the first time a few days ago. And to me it is a ton smoother. Not one hiccup or glitch. 3g seems faster as well and android 4.2.2 is awesome!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] kjjm:
From what I've read here and elsewhere, eHRPD is a proprietary Sprint technology baked into TW that smoothly & quickly switches 3g & 4g signals. So far, the AOSP roms I'm using (SlimBean 3 at the moment, LiquidSmooth previously) can't replicate that, though the switch does happen. The signal strength isn't an issue for me, and the TW signal bars deceive by showing voice signal levels. I usually toggle 4g manually anyway because MMS doesn't seem to work for me when 4g is on. Otherwise, I've found these 2 roms to be pretty stable on my phone.

Regardless, I prefer the smoothness and simple UI of AOSP. I completely agree that the TW UI is ugly.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] smartguy10:
I agree that aosp ROMs are smoother but they also have some kinks which need work MMS doesn't work ,random reboots and signal doesn't seems to be that strong on aosp.

I am on slim beam great ROM will switch to TW until all the bugs get ironed out on aosp ROMs
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Whiplashh:
Try 4.1.2 aosp. MMS works there.

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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Doldrey:
In my opinion I think TW is cool but in practicality probably most people don't use all the features the rom comes with. Which leaves AOSP for those who want a clean "almost pure" like android experience.:)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mlin:
AOSP > Sense >>> TW
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] Fire Ball:
I thought I was the only one having problems with LTE signal strength on AOSP since no one ever talks about it. It seems to be fine on 4.1.x but as soon as you install 4.2.x then the LTE problem is there. I just deal with it, lol. Wish we could figure out how to fix it though! Only thing I don't like about AOSP.