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So, as we all know, touchwiz is pretty bad. Horrible blue, terrible green, amazingly horrible notification panel, etc. Wanam Xposed helps with this and gives you tons of control over touchwiz and hopefully makes it less ugly. Has anybody used it? What settings did you use, specifically for the notification panel would be nice. I'm having trouble finding a good balance and making the panel less ugly. Thanks.
 
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Nothing much you can do to change it. Minor cosmetic changes maybe, but nothing more.
 
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I have put 8 icons in each row. As you I can't find a good balanced scheme of colours.
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atticusmas said:
So, as we all know, touchwiz is pretty bad. Horrible blue, terrible green, amazingly horrible notification panel, etc. Wanam Xposed helps with this and gives you tons of control over touchwiz and hopefully makes it less ugly. Has anybody used it? What settings did you use, specifically for the notification panel would be nice. I'm having trouble finding a good balance and making the panel less ugly. Thanks.
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There are now hundreds of millions of happy (and returning) Samsung users content with TouchWiz. The "we all know" are in the very insignificant minority that Samsung doesn't even bother to notice ;) Sales $$ talk .

Why not back things up, try for yourself and report back. That would be useful to those "we all know" lol :p

You could post what works and what doesn't along with screen shots :)
 
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I like touchwiz too, I even like the launcher (I must be crazy I know) but if the stock touchwiz launcher allowed to change the icon pack easily, I'd use it daily

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le0.br4zuc4 said:
I like touchwiz too, I even like the launcher (I must be crazy I know) but if the stock touchwiz launcher allowed to change the icon pack easily, I'd use it daily

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Xperiacle has granted your wish... look for his galaxy icon themer app... you can change the icon as you like it.

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UpInTheAir said:
There are now hundreds of millions of happy (and returning) Samsung users content with TouchWiz. The "we all know" are in the very insignificant minority that Samsung doesn't even bother to notice ;) Sales $$ talk .

Why not back things up, try for yourself and report back. That would be useful to those "we all know" lol :p

You could post what works and what doesn't along with screen shots :)
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Correlation != causation, just because these devices and have touchwiz does not by that data alone mean that touchwiz is what drives those sales.

I personally bought this tablet solely for the screen and form factor.
 
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Correlation != causation, just because these devices and have touchwiz does not by that data alone mean that touchwiz is what drives those sales.

I personally bought this tablet solely for the screen and form factor.
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I did not imply that at all...............

The OP was generalising "we all know" as being the majority of users......

I implied that the overwhelming majority are happy with the product as it is "out of the box", that includes TW !! Why on else do they have hundreds of millions of returning customers............... Most people I know are "Average Joe" and are not interested in anything except what is working out of the box. "Average Joes" are who make Samsung the $$.

They have tried various developer devices with "pure" Android, such as SGS4 Google Play Edition (test the market), bottom line is that it just doesn't sell :) "Average Joe" wants a full featured skinned device, not a skimmed down OS version.

Customizations found on the net and installable from Google Play etc aren't even considered by companies as big as Samsung. They build for the masses, not the minority niche market. That's why we have XDA and such for minority, and that includes myself :)
 
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Agreed. I guess i don't know how bad TouchWiz really is lol. I like the blues. I like the greens, and i like the functionality the launcher offers. .. also i think Samsung did a great job with TouchWiz on the tab s. Bit of a head scratcher to me why you buy a $500 device with functionality you don't like, and just assuming everyone else feels the same way.

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I did not imply that at all...............

The OP was generalising "we all know" as being the majority of users......

I implied that the overwhelming majority are happy with the product as it is "out of the box", that includes TW !! Why on else do they have hundreds of millions of returning customers............... Most people I know are "Average Joe" and are not interested in anything except what is working out of the box. "Average Joes" are who make Samsung the $$.

They have tried various developer devices with "pure" Android, such as SGS4 Google Play Edition (test the market), bottom line is that it just doesn't sell :) "Average Joe" wants a full featured skinned device, not a skimmed down OS version.

Customizations found on the net and installable from Google Play etc aren't even considered by companies as big as Samsung. They build for the masses, not the minority niche market. That's why we have XDA and such for minority, and that includes myself :)
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Maybe it is just the reality distortion field I live in here in the bay area, but no one I know with a Samsung device is running the stock ROM.

Fwiw, that was a decent straw man rebuttal but a straw man none the less.

And wow @thunderwagn, never thought I would see a post like that here on xda.
 
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Maybe it is just the reality distortion field I live in here in the bay area, but no one I know with a Samsung device is running the stock ROM.

Fwiw, that was a decent straw man rebuttal but a straw man none the less.

And wow @thunderwagn, never thought I would see a post like that here on xda.
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None the less - true ;)

My work takes me to all parts of the globe working with many cultures and nationalities where "Average Joe" is seen to be in abundance. ;) Love the work, hate the travel. ....
 
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None the less - true ;)

My work takes me to all parts of the globe working with many cultures and nationalities where "Average Joe" is seen to be in abundance. ;) Love the work, hate the travel. ....
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Without a statistically relevant study you can't say its true, just as I can't say its false. Both our arguments rely upon our experience and is quite vulnerable to confirmation bias.
 
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Without a statistically relevant study you can't say its true, just as I can't say its false. Both our arguments rely upon our experience and is quite vulnerable to confirmation bias.
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My well travelled life experience tells otherwise. If you hang with a certain crowd, only one particular view is all you'll see. If you diversify, you'll see the much bigger picture ;)

You don't need to work in the Samsung Marketing Dept to see that stats really do tell a story. .... out of the box features (including TW) = sales = $$ . Bottom line is that if TW was that "horrible" and hated so much by the "we all know", they wouldn't have grown (in the mobile market) as they have. :)
 
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My well travelled life experience tells otherwise. If you hang with a certain crowd, only one particular view is all you'll see. If you diversify, you'll see the much bigger picture ;)

You don't need to work in the Samsung Marketing Dept to see that stats really do tell a story. .... out of the box features (including TW) = sales = $$ . Bottom line is that if TW was that "horrible" and hated so much by the "we all know", they wouldn't have grown (in the mobile market) as they have. :)
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Sales stats don't argue anything other then the device marketing and a certain subset of features are desirable.
 
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eousphoros said:
And youre ignoring mine.
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Mate, I can see that you are in an argumentative mood and there's no point in continuing a discussion on this subject with you.

We all have our own opinion, but mine is backed up by an extremely diverse and well travelled life experience working in different fields, environments, global location and culture. As I implied, if you move out of the circle your in (and comfort zone), you'll see why things and what things really are. ;)
 
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Mate, I can see that you are in an argumentative mood and there's no point in continuing a discussion on this subject with you.

We all have our own opinion, but mine is backed up by an extremely diverse and well travelled life experience working in different fields, environments, global location and culture. As I implied, if you move out of the circle your in (and comfort zone), you'll see why things and what things really are. ;)
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No I just believe either you have an agenda and are trying to manipulate public opinion purely based upon your "well traveled" experience or you have your head so far into one side of the scale that belief is clouding your ability to think about this subjectively. The attempts to discredit me just proves how weak your position has become at the end of this discussion.
 
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No I just believe either you have an agenda and are trying to manipulate public opinion purely based upon your "well traveled" experience or you have your head so far into one side of the scale that belief is clouding your ability to think about this subjectively. The attempts to discredit me just proves how weak your position has become at the end of this discussion.
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Show me the where I have attempted to discredit you !

I explained how what lead to my opinion and why I have an ability to think outside the box and correlate OTHER user opinion and feedback from an extremely diverse cross-section. That's all !

You have done neither. .....

If you feel I have discredited you in any way, Mods will take care of things ;)
 
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    le0.br4zuc4 said:
    I like touchwiz too, I even like the launcher (I must be crazy I know) but if the stock touchwiz launcher allowed to change the icon pack easily, I'd use it daily

    Sent from some Android device running a custom ROM
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Xperiacle has granted your wish... look for his galaxy icon themer app... you can change the icon as you like it.

    ejyqyqe5.jpg


    Sent from my SM-T705 using Tapatalk
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    atticusmas said:
    So, as we all know, touchwiz is pretty bad. Horrible blue, terrible green, amazingly horrible notification panel, etc. Wanam Xposed helps with this and gives you tons of control over touchwiz and hopefully makes it less ugly. Has anybody used it? What settings did you use, specifically for the notification panel would be nice. I'm having trouble finding a good balance and making the panel less ugly. Thanks.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    There are now hundreds of millions of happy (and returning) Samsung users content with TouchWiz. The "we all know" are in the very insignificant minority that Samsung doesn't even bother to notice ;) Sales $$ talk .

    Why not back things up, try for yourself and report back. That would be useful to those "we all know" lol :p

    You could post what works and what doesn't along with screen shots :)
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    eousphoros
    UpInTheAir said:
    There are now hundreds of millions of happy (and returning) Samsung users content with TouchWiz. The "we all know" are in the very insignificant minority that Samsung doesn't even bother to notice ;) Sales $$ talk .

    Why not back things up, try for yourself and report back. That would be useful to those "we all know" lol :p

    You could post what works and what doesn't along with screen shots :)
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Correlation != causation, just because these devices and have touchwiz does not by that data alone mean that touchwiz is what drives those sales.

    I personally bought this tablet solely for the screen and form factor.
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    1
    UpInTheAir
    UpInTheAir
    eousphoros said:
    Correlation != causation, just because these devices and have touchwiz does not by that data alone mean that touchwiz is what drives those sales.

    I personally bought this tablet solely for the screen and form factor.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    I did not imply that at all...............

    The OP was generalising "we all know" as being the majority of users......

    I implied that the overwhelming majority are happy with the product as it is "out of the box", that includes TW !! Why on else do they have hundreds of millions of returning customers............... Most people I know are "Average Joe" and are not interested in anything except what is working out of the box. "Average Joes" are who make Samsung the $$.

    They have tried various developer devices with "pure" Android, such as SGS4 Google Play Edition (test the market), bottom line is that it just doesn't sell :) "Average Joe" wants a full featured skinned device, not a skimmed down OS version.

    Customizations found on the net and installable from Google Play etc aren't even considered by companies as big as Samsung. They build for the masses, not the minority niche market. That's why we have XDA and such for minority, and that includes myself :)
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    UpInTheAir
    UpInTheAir
    eousphoros said:
    Without a statistically relevant study you can't say its true, just as I can't say its false. Both our arguments rely upon our experience and is quite vulnerable to confirmation bias.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    My well travelled life experience tells otherwise. If you hang with a certain crowd, only one particular view is all you'll see. If you diversify, you'll see the much bigger picture ;)

    You don't need to work in the Samsung Marketing Dept to see that stats really do tell a story. .... out of the box features (including TW) = sales = $$ . Bottom line is that if TW was that "horrible" and hated so much by the "we all know", they wouldn't have grown (in the mobile market) as they have. :)
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