New official 4.1.1 release out, courtesy of the Swedes
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
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Badprop_za
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Received mine this morning! Yay 
Received mine this morning! Yay
Do what I wish someone told me when I first got mine: flash Omega and buy ROM Toolbox Pro. That'll give you Samsung's Jelly Bean, the ability to remove any bloatware you don't like, total system backup and total control. Buy Power Amp for your music player (get the 2 week free trial if you need convincing). Use QuickPic as your gallery (much better than stock). If you want to store pics you wouldn't want others to see get Vaulty. Flipboard is the best news reader and Tapatalk is compulsory if you browse forums regularly. And use SwiftKey 3 for your keyboard.
@Badprop_za, while I have no doubt you will wish to customise your phone, I suggest getting used to it (if you're new to Android) before replacing rom's or buying apps that you may not need. Get a feel for it and you'll soon know what you prefer or want for yourself. Enjoy it!
DominionZA
Executive Member
I pretty much agree but would change SwiftKey to Swype. Tap tap tap is so old school and meant for physical keyboards.
DominionZA
Executive Member
You seem hard on your phones...What is the issue?
Got my replacement this AM. Autopage Bedfordview are really really good. Def getting my next phone from them.
I tried to get the Note 2 but not allowed to do that unfortunately.
Third time lucky ?
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Got my replacement this AM. Autopage Bedfordview are really really good. Def getting my next phone from them.
I tried to get the Note 2 but not allowed to do that unfortunately.
Third time luck ?
Check the camera first
I pretty much agree but would change SwiftKey to Swype. Tap tap tap is so old school and meant for physical keyboards.
Obviously it's a personal preference, but there's a reason SwiftKey is by far the most popular keyboard on the Play store and currently the number one paid app. It's exceptional.
Yeah, after speaking praises about Swype I tried out SwiftKey and eventually bought the bugger! It's epic.
Piesang
Executive Member
Which Launcher do you guys prefer? I've been using the Touchwiz for a while now and don't really have problems. I think it crashed on me 3 or 4 times in the past 2 weeks.
Is Nova Launcher the obvious replacement?
Is Nova Launcher the obvious replacement?
I use nova launcher prime. Love it. I tried several others, nova gave me what I wanted.
opinionhated
Expert Member
Swype is better for me. Tried swiftkey though, and would recommend it. I can Swype mostly without looking.
DominionZA
Executive Member
And single handed?
DominionZA
Executive Member
Check the camera first
I did. Went through all the phone functions before I rooted and Omegered her
opinionhated
Expert Member
Yes. That's a biggy.
DominionZA
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The Thug
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In so far as launchers are concerned, I've been using Apex Launcher Pro for a while (it worked very well on ICS but became buggy with the first couple of releases of JB, now its perfect) and I've used SlideIT for a keyboard since I bought my 1st Android phone.
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kingrob
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I picked up Nova Prime for R2.07 during the sale. It's not bad, but the fact that it can't display two lines of text under each app means the majority look stupid with cut-off names. Some can be renamed but generally that doesn't help. The awesome S3 weather widget isn't available in Nova and Beautiful Widgets was a big disappointment as a replacement. I realised the only thing I really like about Nova are the cool scroll effects, but that's not enough to put up with its other shortcomings.
I've never tried Apex. I'll give it a shot sometime.