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I'm not particulary impressed with the TouchFlo interface. It seems very rough around the edges, for example when you reply to a text message you get an HTC message thread, but if you select to send a new text message the TouchFlo dumps you back to the standard SMS message screen of Windows Mobile. The HTC message thread view becomes incredibly slow when you have a lot of text messages for a single contact as it wants to load all of them, not just the most recent, which seems bad programming.
It also consumes CPU cycles constantly even when not doing anything which all adds to battery drain.
So I've started to try and get rid of it.
This is what I have done so far:
1) In the Today settings unticked TouchFlo, this gets rid of a chunk of it.
2) Disabled the notification service, this allows clicking on the individual icons for battery etc and you go straight to those settings/information dialogs.
3) Disabled the EnlargeStartMenu setting so the start menu is the normal font size.
Things still remain, and I would like to know how to get rid of them if anyone knows:
a) The TouchFlo style volume control still appears, I want the original back which allows setting individual volumes for system and ringing.
b) Dialogue boxes still have the TouchFlo styling, how do I revert back to.
I've also been able to add HTC Home and all in all the device is so much better and faster.
Regards
Phil
maybe you can try one of those "manila-free" roms that are starting to appear in the roms section.
HTC has changed a lot in the Operating system, that's why you can't simply turn off those "skins" like in volume control, I think... At least I didn't find until now a way to get rid of it.
Wait for a simple 6.1 ROM without touchflo and its touchflonettes (lol)
How did you disable the notification services?
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How did you disable the notification services?
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I used 'Task Manager 3.1' to edit the registry, under the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Services is an entry for 'NOTIFICATION MANAGER', I changed the DLL key value to 'xNotificationManager.dll' so it wouldn't load, and this removed it.
Regards
Phil
PhilipL said:
a) The TouchFlo style volume control still appears, I want the original back which allows setting individual volumes for system and ringing.
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You can disable 'single volume' and get the old style in TF Settings tab > Sound.
I'm with you buddy - see my thread on "Getting Rid of TF3D" for more info.
Loving my TD2 without TF3D - it's been a few weeks now and there's absolutely nothing I miss about TF3D. The TodayAgenda plugin is....just.....awesome.
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a) The TouchFlo style volume control still appears, I want the original back which allows setting individual volumes for system and ringing.
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I've sorted this out, it was some software loading when the device starts to skin the volume control.
The key is at:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\BootLauncher\Services\HTCVolume
to stop it loading I renamed the DLL under the key 'Module' so it couldn't be loaded and this now keeps the standard volume controls.
Regards
Phil
i know this is an old thread, but htc has two volume controls as well:
change HKLM\software\HTC\VolumeOverlay\ SimpleMode to 0
Just deactivate it from the today settings and you should be fine, it doesn't take up that much space.
EDIT: I just went back to WM6.1 from a cooked WM6.5 ROM, I'm going to buy SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 because I think it's more indepth than TF3D is even tho I love TF3D.
Save yourself the trouble of MBS 3.5 - it's the most bugged piece of junk i have ever seen, and in fact i have asked for my money back under their 30 days refund policy
TF3D is WAAAY better than MBS3.5 - and MBS 3.0 is waaay better than 3.5
/Smirge
Use my TD2 Tools app, its in a sticky thread at the top of the topaz general forum.
It has options to disable htc notification manager and htc volume control as well as options to bring back the small start menu! you didnt look very far guys! lol
Smirge said:
Save yourself the trouble of MBS 3.5 - it's the most bugged piece of junk i have ever seen, and in fact i have asked for my money back under their 30 days refund policy
TF3D is WAAAY better than MBS3.5 - and MBS 3.0 is waaay better than 3.5
/Smirge
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Everything you said here was either wrong or lies
How would I achieve this? Im fully rooted running the Sprint lovers rom. I have a custom font flashed along with my lcd density modified. The combo of the 2 makes the Sense bar look horrible. I managed to delete the sense lockscreen and it automaticly reverted to the vanilla one which is what I want. Can some one please help me to achieve this outcome on the incoming call screen. It is the only thing between me and having my Evo the way I want it.
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From what I understand, I don't think it can be done. I would LOVE if there was a way to do this but I believe it is coded into the framework and it can't be removed. That's my understanding of it. Too bad
That would be good... if its possible JS would prolly be the 1 to figure it out....
Sent from my HTC Evo
Not possible with sense..the lock screen can be changed to the aosp lock screen but that doesn't remove the Htc incoming lock screen, its tied to the dialer
sent from my DAMN EVO
speaking of the sense incoming call screen, how many other people have the problem where maybe 20% of the time the screen won't respond to input and allow you to unlock or answer the call? This is pretty much the only thing that ever goes wrong with my phone lol. I end up having to just hit the power button, miss the call, and then call them back...a little annoying
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speaking of the sense incoming call screen, how many other people have the problem where maybe 20% of the time the screen won't respond to input and allow you to unlock or answer the call? This is pretty much the only thing that ever goes wrong with my phone lol. I end up having to just hit the power button, miss the call, and then call them back...a little annoying
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I have the same issue. One of the only issues I have with my phone. The other being sliding out of my pocket answers/declines calls. Thus looking for a way to remove the slider. Guess we are stuck.
^^^ I have the same problem... doesnt happen too often, but it is annoying. Could this be due to a phone call coming in when CPU is running at a minimun setting?
Using Sensation for 2 weeks now.
Below are few annoying things that i want to get rid off.
1) Loudspeaker volume for calls is very low. I cant use it. (For music, its passable though)
2) Contacts scroll - usually when i scroll on the right side, the contacts scroll based on alphabets. it does not work anymore.
3) Photo of Contacts appears blurry in the call screen no matter how good of a photo you assign to a contact.
4) The incoming call number font is so small. This is pathetic. I expect it bigger and catchy because thats what i will be looking for in a incoming call screen.
5) The overall lag (with 1.2 ghz dual core and 756MB Ram, i was expecting the touch and scroll experience close to iphone.. but its not.. its same old sense + android experience.. this will never change???)
6) the app drawer bounce effect when it reaches the end is choppy.. the bouncing effect in overall is choppy.. it simply don't work.
7) no unicode support for complex languages, this is a deal breaker for me - (iphone do this best. my language is 'tamil')
8) e-mails in html format is not showing up in 'overview mode'. Its always zoomed out. I am not sure if there is an option. Compare a HTML e-mail in iphone and sensation, you will see what i am talking about.
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
things i don't care about but still issues...
1) wifi death grip - i dont grip the phone in that way
2) touch screen issues - i actually dont have one
3) no HDMI out
4) lot of apps are not really qhd.. its like watching SD content on a HD tv..
but i still like the phone and waiting for root....
sundar_amn said:
Using Sensation for 2 weeks now.
Below are few annoying things that i want to get rid off.
1) Loudspeaker volume for calls is very low. I cant use it. (For music, its passable though)
2) Contacts scroll - usually when i scroll on the right side, the contacts scroll based on alphabets. it does not work anymore.
3) Photo of Contacts appears blurry in the call screen no matter how good of a photo you assign to a contact.
4) The incoming call number font is so small. This is pathetic. I expect it bigger and catchy because thats what i will be looking for in a incoming call screen.
5) The overall lag (with 1.2 ghz dual core and 756MB Ram, i was expecting the touch and scroll experience close to iphone.. but its not.. its same old sense + android experience.. this will never change???)
6) the app drawer bounce effect when it reaches the end is choppy.. the bouncing effect in overall is choppy.. it simply don't work.
7) no unicode support for complex languages, this is a deal breaker for me - (iphone do this best. my language is 'tamil')
8) e-mails in html format is not showing up in 'overview mode'. Its always zoomed out. I am not sure if there is an option. Compare a HTML e-mail in iphone and sensation, you will see what i am talking about.
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
things i don't care about but still issues...
1) wifi death grip - i dont grip the phone in that way
2) touch screen issues - i actually dont have one
3) no HDMI out
4) lot of apps are not really qhd.. its like watching SD content on a HD tv..
but i still like the phone and waiting for root....
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there are already a ton of threads on this.... was starting another one necessary?
My contacts scroll by alphabet? You need to scroll down a little until you see the grey bar and then grab it with your finger.
nccu_eagles said:
there are already a ton of threads on this.... was starting another one necessary?
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If you have solution for any of these issues, please provide. Otherwise, ignore this thread..
gotzta said:
My contacts scroll by alphabet? You need to scroll down a little until you see the grey bar and then grab it with your finger.
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Thanks pal. I just tried and worked. Looks like i need to scroll a little and catch the bar..
All things that will be fixed once S-OFF is obtained and newer builds start releasing.
No problem, also there is HDMI out. You have to buy the micro usb -> hdmi dongle. Or you could do DLNA if your tv/bluray is capable.
If you go to call settings or sound settings there's a setting for hearing aides that you can enable to make your speakers a bit louder.
For me 5 and 6 are real problems. And I care about death grip and it's really annoying to me
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e
The blurry contact photos and small font of incoming numbers are a bit annoying. I'll learn to live with them I guess.
Sent from my brain
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No problem, also there is HDMI out. You have to buy the micro usb -> hdmi dongle. Or you could do DLNA if your tv/bluray is capable.
If you go to call settings or sound settings there's a setting for hearing aides that you can enable to make your speakers a bit louder.
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Thanks again pal. I heard about the dongle but it would have been nice if the phone itself has HDMI out considering it shoots 1080P videos. How nice it will be to just connect the phone to the TV and watch the videos you shoot.. but anyways, i will buy the dongle.. its worth it..
i tried the hearing aid, it improved the in call volume but not thru the loud speaker. Its still the same..
thanks for the suggestions...
Blurry contacts images are only due to Google Contact Sync. I do not sync contact with Google, just with MS Outlook with HTC Sync, and pictures are great and sharp.
The only REALLY BIG issue I'm havin' is problem with WiFi death grip! Damn, I don't know how to solve that.
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10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
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I think this is also largely dependant on what you put on your phone... I've seen dozens of people who install every app they find even mildly interesting on the market, and as such having them sync and whatever even though they don't ever use them... have you tried removing stuff you don't use like unused widgets/apps you don't use (and are allowed to uninstall..).. this should help with that a lot.
sundar_amn said:
Using Sensation for 2 weeks now.
Below are few annoying things that i want to get rid off.
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
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This was annoying me as well. I went to my Gmail contacts from my laptop and put everyone from my people widget in the "starred in android" group. Reassigned a default action and all have stayed assigned since.
sundar_amn said:
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9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
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This has nothing to do with sensation or sense, it's due to Google Contacs Sync.
I've used to have same problem while I've used to sync contacts with google, but when I've disabled it, it works like charm, and contacts have hires pictures.
sundar_amn said:
Using Sensation for 2 weeks now.
Below are few annoying things that i want to get rid off.
1) Loudspeaker volume for calls is very low. I cant use it. (For music, its passable though)
2) Contacts scroll - usually when i scroll on the right side, the contacts scroll based on alphabets. it does not work anymore.
3) Photo of Contacts appears blurry in the call screen no matter how good of a photo you assign to a contact.
4) The incoming call number font is so small. This is pathetic. I expect it bigger and catchy because thats what i will be looking for in a incoming call screen.
5) The overall lag (with 1.2 ghz dual core and 756MB Ram, i was expecting the touch and scroll experience close to iphone.. but its not.. its same old sense + android experience.. this will never change???)
6) the app drawer bounce effect when it reaches the end is choppy.. the bouncing effect in overall is choppy.. it simply don't work.
7) no unicode support for complex languages, this is a deal breaker for me - (iphone do this best. my language is 'tamil')
8) e-mails in html format is not showing up in 'overview mode'. Its always zoomed out. I am not sure if there is an option. Compare a HTML e-mail in iphone and sensation, you will see what i am talking about.
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
things i don't care about but still issues...
1) wifi death grip - i dont grip the phone in that way
2) touch screen issues - i actually dont have one
3) no HDMI out
4) lot of apps are not really qhd.. its like watching SD content on a HD tv..
but i still like the phone and waiting for root....
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Well...
1) Loudspeaker volume for calls is very low. I cant use it. (For music, its passable though)
True...
2) Contacts scroll - usually when i scroll on the right side, the contacts scroll based on alphabets. it does not work anymore.
False... As other user showed...
3) Photo of Contacts appears blurry in the call screen no matter how good of a photo you assign to a contact.
False... At least False for me... My contacts photos are PERFECT
4) The incoming call number font is so small. This is pathetic. I expect it bigger and catchy because thats what i will be looking for in a incoming call screen.
Well... It's enough for me... but maybe we could say a small true...
5) The overall lag (with 1.2 ghz dual core and 756MB Ram, i was expecting the touch and scroll experience close to iphone.. but its not.. its same old sense + android experience.. this will never change???)
False... My sense is as fast as hell ! No lag at all... Last ROM was even fast... Maybe u have installed something wrong...
6) the app drawer bounce effect when it reaches the end is choppy.. the bouncing effect in overall is choppy.. it simply don't work.
False... ¿??¿?¿?¿?
7) no unicode support for complex languages, this is a deal breaker for me - (iphone do this best. my language is 'tamil')
I am spanish... cannot say anything about this...
8) e-mails in html format is not showing up in 'overview mode'. Its always zoomed out. I am not sure if there is an option. Compare a HTML e-mail in iphone and sensation, you will see what i am talking about.
Well... I like like it is....
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
I like as it is... but is up to each person.....
10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
EXTREMELY FALSE
My normal usage:
- Wifi: Like 1.5 hours per day
- HSDP: All the day - 1.5 hours of wifi
- 4 email acounts (2 push and 2 1 hour sync)
- Facebook Sync
- Market + HTCSense (TUB....) + Weather Sync
- Like 3h of BT
- All internet browse I need / want
- Whatsapp + Tango
- Games
- I am using the phone a lot !!!! (My first week with it.... is new new new)
Tweaks for battery:
- Nothing (No sw and no special tweaks)
>> Batery duration: Like 1,5 days (default battery)
Probably with a normal use I will reach 2 days...
There is no need to install or tweak anything...
So maybe youre phone / battery is broken.... or maybe u have installed a 3rd party sw that has a power drain problem....
things i don't care about but still issues...
1) wifi death grip - i dont grip the phone in that way
Correct....
2) touch screen issues - i actually dont have one
No problems for me also.....
3) no HDMI out
False.... U just need to buy the cable... (It is not included)...
4) lot of apps are not really qhd.. its like watching SD content on a HD tv..
like 80% of the sw I use is showed perfectly.... Anyway just give time... New gen.... New SW... Is normal.... Do you install Windows 3.11 in a quad core ?
See U all !
Istarth said:
Well...
1) Loudspeaker volume for calls is very low. I cant use it. (For music, its passable though)
True...
2) Contacts scroll - usually when i scroll on the right side, the contacts scroll based on alphabets. it does not work anymore.
False... As other user showed...
3) Photo of Contacts appears blurry in the call screen no matter how good of a photo you assign to a contact.
False... At least False for me... My contacts photos are PERFECT
4) The incoming call number font is so small. This is pathetic. I expect it bigger and catchy because thats what i will be looking for in a incoming call screen.
Well... It's enough for me... but maybe we could say a small true...
5) The overall lag (with 1.2 ghz dual core and 756MB Ram, i was expecting the touch and scroll experience close to iphone.. but its not.. its same old sense + android experience.. this will never change???)
False... My sense is as fast as hell ! No lag at all... Last ROM was even fast... Maybe u have installed something wrong...
6) the app drawer bounce effect when it reaches the end is choppy.. the bouncing effect in overall is choppy.. it simply don't work.
False... ¿??¿?¿?¿?
7) no unicode support for complex languages, this is a deal breaker for me - (iphone do this best. my language is 'tamil')
I am spanish... cannot say anything about this...
8) e-mails in html format is not showing up in 'overview mode'. Its always zoomed out. I am not sure if there is an option. Compare a HTML e-mail in iphone and sensation, you will see what i am talking about.
Well... I like like it is....
9) the people widget in sense does not make a call when i click it, instead, it takes me to that person contact details. This is even after i assign a default action. Sometime it works and sometimes its not. very inconsistent.
I like as it is... but is up to each person.....
10) Need to disable a lot of 'syncs' to maintain battery drain.. its like 'there is a feature but i cant use it'..
EXTREMELY FALSE
My normal usage:
- Wifi: Like 1.5 hours per day
- HSDP: All the day - 1.5 hours of wifi
- 4 email acounts (2 push and 2 1 hour sync)
- Facebook Sync
- Market + HTCSense (TUB....) + Weather Sync
- Like 3h of BT
- All internet browse I need / want
- Whatsapp + Tango
- Games
- I am using the phone a lot !!!! (My first week with it.... is new new new)
Tweaks for battery:
- Nothing (No sw and no special tweaks)
>> Batery duration: Like 1,5 days (default battery)
Probably with a normal use I will reach 2 days...
There is no need to install or tweak anything...
So maybe youre phone / battery is broken.... or maybe u have installed a 3rd party sw that has a power drain problem....
things i don't care about but still issues...
1) wifi death grip - i dont grip the phone in that way
Correct....
2) touch screen issues - i actually dont have one
No problems for me also.....
3) no HDMI out
False.... U just need to buy the cable... (It is not included)...
4) lot of apps are not really qhd.. its like watching SD content on a HD tv..
like 80% of the sw I use is showed perfectly.... Anyway just give time... New gen.... New SW... Is normal.... Do you install Windows 3.11 in a quad core ?
See U all !
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Thanks dude! i agree some and disagree some.. but it doesnt matter.. i followed some suggestions and the phone is getting better.. the root is on the way and i am now waiting for it.. thanks.
xsardax said:
This has nothing to do with sensation or sense, it's due to Google Contacs Sync.
I've used to have same problem while I've used to sync contacts with google, but when I've disabled it, it works like charm, and contacts have hires pictures.
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So, do you still sync your contacts with anything?
honestly the phone just feels like a regular 1ghz android right now, feels like the dual core is just slow or laggy.. idk but its not as snappy as i thought it would be
Castle5665 said:
So, do you still sync your contacts with anything?
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I sync them constantly with Microsoft Outlook on my laptop, home PC and business PC. Google Contact Sync is disabled =)
xsardax said:
I sync them constantly with Microsoft Outlook on my laptop, home PC and business PC. Google Contact Sync is disabled =)
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Question with regards to pic quality and syncing.
I have two issues. 1. In messages the pics often don't show up sometimes. Very random. is this because of of the google sync and fb (from Sense) clashing?
2. when pics show up during phone calls they are ALWAYS pixelated even though it is pulling the pic from fb (which I believe is attached to Sense). any way to make these clearer?
Thanks. in advance.
I've had mine for nearly a week. I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep it and finally ditch the Grand Old HD2. I've managed to get many of my questions about this phone answered here over the last few days, but here are some I'm not convinced I know the answer to...perhaps someone can help:
- Can I adjust the number of rows/columns on Sense screens? I'd been using HyperDroid CM7 on my HD2 for a while, and seeing, like, 4 icons on the entire Sensation screen is corny/cartoony. I'd like to get more stuff squashed onto each screen.
- Can I add/remove Sense home screens? There are 7. I'd like to change that.
- Can I change or add more buttons to bottom or home screen? I see, from left to right, the apps, phone, and personalize buttons. I'd love to dump the personalize button, shrink the phone button, and add several more.
- I'm pretty sure many of the things I want to do are not possible with just an out of the box T-Mo Sensation and HTC Sense...so, are there apps that lets me do any of these things?
- Can I adjust when backlight goes off? I seem to be able to only adjust the amount of time the entire screen stays on.
- Auto-brightness is wacky. I'll just be sitting somewhere, in what seems like perfectly level/stable lighting conditions, and the screen just arbitrarily dims and brightens every few seconds.
- How do I get rid of that irritating page-by-page scrolling of apps list? I'd like one long, smooth-scrolling list. And is there a way to have a favorite apps list, other than placing them on the home screens?
- How do I turn off the dial/key press sounds when I'm dialing a phone number?
- I get a lot of static when I use my BT headset with the T-Mobile silicone case on the phone. If I take the phone out of the case, the call is much clearer. Any way to otherwise compensate (so I don't have to take the case off all the time)?
Thanks.
The quick answer to every question right now is no. The slightly longer answer is yes, but you will need to install a custom launcher: Launcher Pro or ADW come to mind first. They won't get rid of Sense and will actually use up more memory, but what you want will be accomplished. The really long answer is no, but soon. Most of what you want to change are things built into the HTC Rom. S-Off is supposedly coming soon. The great devs of the forum are hard at work. Once they do that, the bootloader will be unlocked, the cooks will do what they do, and we will begin to see custom Roms. Then you will have your removed bloatware, customizable anything, different launchers, stock-Sense lite-Sense full-CM7-MIUI-or anything else you can think of Roms.
The day is coming. We will have a true superphone any day now.
Best wishes.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
Figgered that much. Any experiences with my BT/static or flickering backlight issues?
mychal said:
Figgered that much. Any experiences with my BT/static or flickering backlight issues?
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Nope. My has worked perfect. Closest thing I have to a problem is it gets a little toasty when tethering and charging simultaneously.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App
mychal said:
I've had mine for nearly a week. I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep it and finally ditch the Grand Old HD2. I've managed to get many of my questions about this phone answered here over the last few days, but here are some I'm not convinced I know the answer to...perhaps someone can help:
- Can I adjust the number of rows/columns on Sense screens? I'd been using HyperDroid CM7 on my HD2 for a while, and seeing, like, 4 icons on the entire Sensation screen is corny/cartoony. I'd like to get more stuff squashed onto each screen.
- Can I add/remove Sense home screens? There are 7. I'd like to change that.
- Can I change or add more buttons to bottom or home screen? I see, from left to right, the apps, phone, and personalize buttons. I'd love to dump the personalize button, shrink the phone button, and add several more.
- I'm pretty sure many of the things I want to do are not possible with just an out of the box T-Mo Sensation and HTC Sense...so, are there apps that lets me do any of these things?
- Can I adjust when backlight goes off? I seem to be able to only adjust the amount of time the entire screen stays on.
- Auto-brightness is wacky. I'll just be sitting somewhere, in what seems like perfectly level/stable lighting conditions, and the screen just arbitrarily dims and brightens every few seconds.
- How do I get rid of that irritating page-by-page scrolling of apps list? I'd like one long, smooth-scrolling list. And is there a way to have a favorite apps list, other than placing them on the home screens?
- How do I turn off the dial/key press sounds when I'm dialing a phone number?
- I get a lot of static when I use my BT headset with the T-Mobile silicone case on the phone. If I take the phone out of the case, the call is much clearer. Any way to otherwise compensate (so I don't have to take the case off all the time)?
Thanks.
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for the backlight off thing go to settings->brightness and uncheck the box next to automatic brightness and adjust the slider to your liking
To take off the sound while dialing go to settings->sound and uncheck the box that says Audible touch tones
hope it helps
Thanks for the sound setting info. I know about the automatic brightness setting. Turning off doesn't fix the fact that automatic brightness doesn't seem to work.
Any idea how to, when using the Mail application, to move to Next or Previous messages? No swiping motion I'm trying is working, and the best I can find is Settings and then the arrow keys. It'd be much easier if there was a button or swipe right on the message screen itself.
Hey I want to know something. Is there a difference between the Tmobile version and the Unlock sensation
jwiley904 said:
Hey I want to know something. Is there a difference between the Tmobile version and the Unlock sensation
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You mean the unbranded one. The t-mobile version has bloatware on it, the rest is the same.
mychal said:
Any idea how to, when using the Mail application, to move to Next or Previous messages? No swiping motion I'm trying is working, and the best I can find is Settings and then the arrow keys. It'd be much easier if there was a button or swipe right on the message screen itself.
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I have the same question. Also, I can only see the most recent emails on my inbox. I guess I am missing a setting somewhere to be able to sync or view more messages.
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DiZzle. said:
You mean the unbranded one. The t-mobile version has bloatware on it, the rest is the same.
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Actually, I believe the internal portion of the antenna is different too. The Tmo Sensation have 4 internal contacts areas for antenna and the international unlock one has 3. People were claiming that to be the problem with the death grip reception issue. Idk if the newer unlocked versions have changed yet. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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mychal said:
Can I adjust when backlight goes off? I seem to be able to only adjust the amount of time the entire screen stays on.
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I have moved across from the HD2 also and i find it irritating that i cant set both backlight off and power off as separate items.
Had the HD2 set that the backlight went off quite quickly to save juice, but it was set to not power down for one minute after that so just a quick screen press would bring it back up.
the Sensation powers down exactly 8 seconds after the screen dims and there is no setting to change that period !!
jwiley904 said:
Hey I want to know something. Is there a difference between the Tmobile version and the Unlock sensation
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Tmobile has "4g" while the unbranded is 3g I believe
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I don't have to reboot too often, but when I do, I usually get a "Set current time" pop-up message stating "Unable to detect your current time zone. Tab below to select a city." Then is has a menu with various time zones in it. I select Eastern Time, and click Done. But why does this keep coming up?
All the threads I see here and elsewhere on the internet (yes, I cheat on XDA) seem to assume the network is not providing the time information, so we need to uncheck the automatic time update setting. But why should I have to uncheck this? And how will that impact me when I go to another time zone?
Thanks.
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- Can I adjust the number of rows/columns on Sense screens? I'd been using HyperDroid CM7 on my HD2 for a while, and seeing, like, 4 icons on the entire Sensation screen is corny/cartoony. I'd like to get more stuff squashed onto each screen.
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you can somehow:
i used the "more icons widget" it lets you add 4 icons in a place of usually one.
So the 3x1 icons would consist of 11 small icons (+ 1 settings button) available from 1x2 to 1x4 and inverse. Works great on this screen
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.reeyees.moreiconswidget
it costs a bit, but is worth it!
I've had the Pixel 4a since tuesday and I like it. I've a few observations I thought I'd put here in case anyone else agrees; there's a fix/workaround etc:
1) The speaker isn't too loud and it's only in the last 20% or so of the volume bar that you can hear the difference. They should change the linearity such that there's more control over the sound difference of the last 20% of the range, if that makes sense. Not a big deal.
2) It's annoying that I can't swipe back (ie swipe left from the right edge of the screen) to get rid of the keyboard. Instead a large percentage (10?) of the bottom of the screen is black except for the arrow which closes the keyboard. Waste of space.
3) On a similar note, there's a white line near the bottom of the screen. I guess it's to show that you can swipe up, but I'm not sure. Why would anyone who wasn't sure if they could swipe up see a white line and go "ah - I bet I could swipe up here"? But that's my best guess. And this is on most screens. It's the worst, and the most noticeable, on chrome. You have a full screen site, curving nicely at the top of the screen, and at the bottom the screen starts to curve but then there's the black rectangle, which exists purely to highlight the mystery-white-line-which-might-mean-you-can-swipe-up-here, cuts in, ending the curve and wasting around 5% of the height of the screen. This line doesn't appear in 3 button mode. But isn't the point of gestures that you don't need to waste space on buttons. So...don't waste the space showing me you can swipe up then. There's no swipe down hint, or swiping left/right hint. I don't get it at all. It knows I know you can swipe up, because I've swiped up.
4) Nova launcher problem. It just doesn't stick. Every once in a while it stops being the default launcher and you have to run it again. This has happened on other phones and eventually they fix it. I guess I have to try nova launcher again every month or so. The stock launcher isn't too bad, but:
5) Stock launcher is quite unconfigurable. The 5 icons at the bottom of the screen are sort of like the nova launcher dock (which i always turn off) and are there on every screen.
6) There's a notification history, which is a great idea. If you swiped away a message but then forgot if it was an email, or which whatsapp contact it was, you can see quickly what the most recent message was. You access it via a button under the notification shade which you can press to get at it. But...get this: That button only exists if you currently have unread notifications. If you swiped the last one away, the history button vanishes. You now have to go into settings to read it (why settings? my photos aren't in settings). Why? Who thought that was a good idea? That's when you're most likely to want the history! Doh!
7) Aggressive app killer. This will never change - no matter what google says about ai and machine learning, there's something too complicated about "ok, there's a music player running, playing music, and there are headphones attached, and the headphones are playing music...but...oh, the screen is turned off, which apps can I kill to save battery...well, there's this music player nobody's looking at, that'll do" to ever fix. Really? You're not checking if an app gets reloaded immediately after it gets killed every time it's killed and learning "hmm... it's as if.....he was listening to music and didn't want the app killed?" I guess it's true what they say - most machine learning is just a regex, and this isn't something which can be solved with a regex, so... I've disabled the battery optimisation for this app; time will tell whether that does the trick.
8) Can't disable the sound it makes when taking a screenshot.
9) Google photos can't keep up with quickly deleting a number of photos. To be fair, this happens on the website too. It's odd - you'd think it would be easy. You're not actually doing anything other than marking the fact that a photo is deleted. You're just moving it to the bin; it still exists locally. It's an offline-operation. Why doesn't it just defer until later, or do asynchronously - whatever it's doing. On both web and phone it's so laggy and disorienting that it's easy to end up deleting the wrong photo, the only workaround being to delete literally one picture every 5 seconds. Annoying if you're been taking pics of kids and took a bunch so as to ensure you have at least one without a blur or closed eyes etc.
Well, sounds quite ranty I guess. It's a great phone though - highly recommended. I really bought it for the camera and the fact it's quite a small phone. I recommend the spigen tough armor (sic) case; nice and grippy and feels like it's going to keep it pretty safe.
Maybe these things will be fixed in future updates. I reverted back to 10 and flashed Dirty Unicorns, just a better overall user experience compared to stock at the moment.
I would like to add something: do you also the "bubbles" always appear on the left of the screen even if you have moved them to the right before closing them?
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...Well, sounds quite ranty I guess. It's a great phone though - highly recommended. I really bought it for the camera and the fact it's quite a small phone. I recommend the spigen tough armor (sic) case; nice and grippy and feels like it's going to keep it pretty safe.
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Most observations in original post pertain to Android 11 (AOSP) and have little to do with the device itself. My experience on a couple items:
- Nova has yet to crash since updating to Android 11 (stable on A10 too). That said, you likely interact with the launcher in different ways not to mention app portfolio interactions. Should submit a bug report to developer via contact link in Nova settings.
- Not experiencing the same nonlinearity in volume adjustment. Max volume is fine for my tastes but probably would work well as the sole audio source at an Italian wedding
DB126 said:
Most observations in original post pertain to Android 11 (AOSP) and have little to do with the device itself. My experience on a couple items:
- Nova has yet to crash since updating to Android 11 (stable on A10 too). That said, you likely interact with the launcher in different ways not to mention app portfolio interactions. Should submit a bug report to developer via contact link in Nova settings.
- Not experiencing the same nonlinearity in volume adjustment. Max volume is fine for my tastes but probably would work well as the sole audio source at an Italian wedding
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The device runs Android 11, so that's all I can talk about, not what might happen if it ran a different operating system.
I never said nova launcher crashed; just that it stopped being a default launcher by itself a few times.
The white line at the bottom of the screen is annoying! I liked having the option in Oxygen OS to hide it, hopefully that becomes an option on future updates.
Overall I'm really enjoying the phone after coming from the Nord.
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The device runs Android 11, so that's all I can talk about, not what might happen if it ran a different operating system.
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Not what I said; no reference to an alternate OS
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I never said nova launcher crashed; just that it stopped being a default launcher by itself a few times.
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Almost always the result of excessive memory pressure (also has nothing to do with the device assuming memory is adequate...which it is on the 4a)
For your issue 4 I guess there's bug in Nova launcher. I had similar issue with Nova, but after switching to Lawnchair it sticks permanently.
Default gesture navigation is surely ****ty. I prefer using old 3-buttons navigation.