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Now that Google Already Launched Android 4.3 With a Lot of New Features and Apps. But You Are Still Stuck using Ice Cream Sandwich or Ginger Bread.While it’s fantastic that all of this new technology is already released, the update schedule for most phones is far from acceptable.
A large number of phones which haven’t even got the 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update won’t see the Jelly Bean update, and even those who do get the update might not see it until a year after Google released it, if not longer.
So instead of waiting for either the update or a new phone, you can take advantage of some of the features it provides right on your current version
Launcher
The most dramatic way to get your device looking like it’s running stock Android is by simply replacing its homescreen. In fact, most people will usually stop right there and that’s fine, but it’s only the tip of the Holo Style.
Jelly Bean hasn’t actually updated the launcher much, compared to Ice Cream Sandwich, but you may be running a 2.x version of Android or Ice Cream Sandwich with the Holo launcher removed . If this is the case for you, you can check out a very good Holo launcher to get the same home screen as stock ICS/Jelly Bean.
Lockscreen
Another key ingredient to the stock Android experience is the first thing you look at upon waking your device — the lock screen. Once again, there are plenty of lockscreen options in the Play Store you can use to get your device looking like it’s running stock Android, the one with a heap of features being Widget Locker.
but it isn’t quite as similar to stock than the launcher portion is. For a more accurate lock screen, you can check out the Holo Lock Screen app. Both are a simple install away from use.
Camera and Gallery
The camera. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the camera application that comes on your device. In fact, it probably runs perfectly well and comes with sh*t ton of features. There’s only one problem: it is not stock. If You Got Ice Cream Sandwich? Well, then you’re going to have to stick to the ICS cameras.
If you’re on Jelly Bean, you’re in luck. The Jelly Bean camera app in this case comes tied to the stock Gallery app. Not sure why it had to be that way, but consider it a 2-for-1 deal.
[Camera Jelly Bean+ (with Jelly Bean Gallery) | Camera Ice Cream Sandwich (Free) | Camera Ice Cream Sandwich+]
Probably Most of the Users Love Gallery..Mostly users Spend a lot of time in Editing the Pics and Sharing them to Various Social networks. If you purchased the Jelly Bean camera (linked above), you already got the Jelly Bean gallery app. Good for you. For those that didn’t, or simply didn’t want to bother with using the stock camera app, then you can download the free Ice Cream Sandwich gallery app.
Wallpapers
Jelly Bean does differentiate itself from ICS with its own set of static and live wallpapers. These are fairly good ones to look at, implementing most colors of the rainbow into a couple different arrangements. The live wallpapers are also pretty interesting, as the stock ones are usually my favorite (such as the Nexus live wallpaper).
Status Bar
To complete the look, you’ll probably want to replace the status/notification bar with something more similar to that of Jelly Bean. There’s also an app which takes care of that for you, and includes a couple other customizations which make the app quite worthwhile.
For example, you can choose what you’d like to include in the notification area, such as status icons for WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, etc, as well as blacklist apps from placing notifications in your status bar.
You Can Also Use Antek Quick Settings App to Get Full JB Status Bar Experience. Go here
Messaging
When Google finally updated the messaging app in Ice Cream Sandwich. Once a hideously dark and empty experience, is now clean and minimal. It took me awhile, but I was able to find the stock Ice Cream Sandwich messaging app that can be installed on any device running Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean. There’s only one problem — this stock messaging app can’t (at the moment) send off MMS/picture messages.
Keyboard
A major addition to Jelly Bean is an updated keyboard which has excellent text prediction to save lots of time while typing rapidly. There’s an app which essentially allows you to use the Jelly Bean keyboard on your device, right now. The only downside is that the keyboard is available only for devices with Android 4.0 (or above, but that’d be pointless), so sadly users of Android 2.x will have to pass on this one.
Clock
In Android 4.2 Jelly Bean — the absolute latest firmware Android has to offer — Google decided to finally update the stock clock application. They did this by, not only giving the app a much needed visual overhaul, but making it more useful with the inclusion of timer and stop watch functions.
Calculator
The calculator in Android has long needed an update and one developer from the CyanogenMod team took matters into his own hands, introducing a revamped calculator into the Play Store complete with scientific and graphing functions. So, yes. This is in many ways better than the stock app, but still keeps the stock app look. The best part? It’s free to download so hop to it.
Browser
Google made the controversial decision to remove their standard Android web browser from the OS entirely. Instead, they opted for their mobile Chrome browser, which offered better syncing across devices, but many found the browser slow in comparison to the previous version.
While downloading Chrome from the Play Store would be the easy way at obtaining a “stock” Android look, the app doesn’t really feature Android’s Holo UI. there is one available from the Play Store, but you gotta be running Ice Cream Sandwich.
[ICS Browser+ | Chrome]
Finally- While these tips don’t give you the entire Jelly Bean experience, it is definitely a start and helps make your device feel more like one running Jelly Bean. Hopefully in time your device will be updated to Jelly Bean, or you can take a look at running a custom ROM such asCyanogenMod. If neither of those work out for you, you’ll eventually have to invest in a newer device to keep the Android goodness going.
Saikiran Reddy Sama is an Engineering Student and a Part Time Blogger From Hyderabad. He Likes Social Networking,Blogging and Technology
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