5/24/2012 07:09:00 PM
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One of the most appealing features that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III handset arrives on shelves with is the new TouchWiz UI that the handset vendor loaded on top of Google’s Android operating system.
It brings along a more appealing visual appearance, icons structured on four or five columns, smoother transitions and the like. Clearly, when coupled with the quad-core application processor inside the Galaxy S III, as well as with the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform running on the device, this UI can deliver a great user experience. However, more users of Samsung Android handsets can now take advantage of the goodies that the phone maker packed this UI with. TouchWiz was extracted from Galaxy S III’s ROM and ported to two other devices, namely the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S II.
For the large, 5.3-inch Galaxy Note smartphone, the Galaxy S III UI is available via a new custom ROM, which means that users interested in getting it will have to root their devices and flash them with the new software. The ROM was also optimized for the new TouchWiz Launcher 5.0, and it comes with updated S-Voice and related libraries. Specific info on how to get the software can be found in this thread on the XDA-Developers forum. For the owners of Galaxy S II, the process is a bit simpler. They can download only the TouchWiz UI 5.0 and load it on their devices.
It comes in two versions, one that has icons displayed on four columns and five rows, and another with icons showed on five columns and five rows. Apparently, the calendar widget does not work properly at the moment, but it might get fixed soon. You can read all about this port in this thread on XDA-Developers. Links to the two versions of the TouchWiz are available there as well.One of the most appealing features that Samsung’s new Galaxy S III handset arrives on shelves with is the new TouchWiz UI that the handset vendor loaded on top of Google’s Android operating system.
It brings along a more appealing visual appearance, icons structured on four or five columns, smoother transitions and the like. Clearly, when coupled with the quad-core application processor inside the Galaxy S III, as well as with the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich platform running on the device, this UI can deliver a great user experience. However, more users of Samsung Android handsets can now take advantage of the goodies that the phone maker packed this UI with.
TouchWiz was extracted from Galaxy S III’s ROM and ported to two other devices, namely the Galaxy Note and the Galaxy S II. For the large, 5.3-inch Galaxy Note smartphone, the Galaxy S III UI is available via a new custom ROM, which means that users interested in getting it will have to root their devices and flash them with the new software. The ROM was also optimized for the new TouchWiz Launcher 5.0, and it comes with updated S-Voice and related libraries. Specific info on how to get the software can be found in this thread on the XDA-Developers forum.
For the owners of Galaxy S II, the process is a bit simpler. They can download only the TouchWiz UI 5.0 and load it on their devices. It comes in two versions, one that has icons displayed on four columns and five rows, and another with icons showed on five columns and five rows. Apparently, the calendar widget does not work properly at the moment, but it might get fixed soon. You can read all about this port in this thread on XDA-Developers. Links to the two versions of the TouchWiz are available there as well.
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