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Install Pure Android to Galaxy 2

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lasanthajn

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Dear All,

I have Galaxy Note 2. But I dont like the OS. I would like to have HTC os or Pure android os as Google Provide. Does anyone knows how to do clean installation of android to Note2?
I try to install themes but its not good.

regards
Lasantha
 
Hi

You need to root your phone to do that. Suggest you read the rooting forums.

I find that changing the launcher goes a long way to making it better. Try Holo Launcher HD or Nova.

Roger
 
If you really want that, you'd have to root and find an AOSP ROM like CM10 or AOKP. I don't think those are too well developed at the moment. Plus, AFAIK running one of those will lose all S-Pen features of the phone.
 
people are going to probably hate me for saying this but I actually like touchwiz. I used the GNex for a whole year and while stock android is nice, my belief is that Google intended to give people a bare OS and then if you need added features, just install a 3rd party app. Touchwiz actually includes a lot of neat features not found in stock android and it runs smooth as butter.
 
I'm surprised how much I'm liking TouchWiz. I usually prefer to get as close to AOSP as I can, but I think Samsung really went above and beyond with this latest version, especially with the S-Pen integration.
 
I really like Touchwiz too. I used to have a Desire and got bored of Sense real quick and ended up using Go Launcher, but so far I haven't had any need to install a 3rd party launcher on my Note 2.
 
I'm just returning to Android after quite some time away.

I'm curious, say I stay with Touchwiz, is it possible to change the icons and such? If so, can anyone recommend an app for that? I'd like to find a way to theme Touchwiz, but I have yet to really delve far into that.

Otherwise, I think Touchwiz is pretty nice all things considered.
 
People, for some reason, don't like Touch Wiz. I don't know why. I guess it's just different tastes. I find it just fine. :D I've tried other launchers, but this does the job well, IMO.
 
I'm also liking Touchwiz after seeing so much negativity about it. I see all the roms over at XDA, and while a lot of them have have some cool features, I see nothing worth the bugs and losing the built-in functions like multiwindow for.
 
The only things I dislike about Touchwiz are the keyboard, launcher and lockscreen, all of which were replaced without root (SwiftKey 3, Nova and WidgetLocker respectively). I like the TW camera app, the SPen, the phone dialer, and even the mail app (zero problems with Activesync). I've never been compelled to replace the SMS app either.

I know it's popular to talk about going stock Android, but there are some parts of TW that are quite functional that wouldn't want to lose.
 
I moved to samsung galaxy note 2 from iPhone. I dislike few things on Android
1. I cant install emoticons Keyboard as iOS.
2. iOS email client is much better than android.
 
I prefer Sense UI over TW. I'm sure I'm biased since I've been using it for a while. But I didn't think I had this hard a time getting used to TW. Sense on the other hand was more intuitive, it took me less than a day to figure things out.

Sent from my SGN 10.1
 
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