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Disable HTC Sense UI and Lock Screen

I want to permanently disable the HTC Sense UI and the HTC slide lock screen. I want to revert back to the original Android UI. Is there a way to achieve this? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

I can advise you on how to disable SenseUI.
menu>settings>applications>manage applications
Search for HTC Sense, select it, find the clear defaults button. Once you clear defaults, press your home button and select the checkmark and then select home.

Try Gumbo 1.5c Bare. It's a rom as vanilla as possible.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/35717-post119.html
try this rom, ive been running it for a few days its petty amazing

I tried this and no landscape which is what I was hoping for.

SasoriSoren said:
I tried this and no landscape which is what I was hoping for.
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this thread is a bit old. no one uses 1.5 anymore, as even the official 2.1 update is out. if you want AOSP 2.1 then try out Darchdroid. its as vanilla as its gonna get for the Hero

Use the batch file this guy created.. Works great! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=675678&highlight=batch

[Q] Sense Issue

I have a small problem with 'HTC Sense' in my stock ROM, when the phone rings and I try to pull it from my pocket, I always found that whether I mistakenly answered or cancelled. This is due to the slide up to cancel or slide down to answer in 'Sense'. Is there anyway to avoid this? or is there any application to allow me have the slide right or left (like the original Android one)? or can I disable 'Sense'?
Thanks in advance for your help

mrtarrouk said:
I have a small problem with 'HTC Sense' in my stock ROM, when the phone rings and I try to pull it from my pocket, I always found that whether I mistakenly answered or cancelled. This is due to the slide up to cancel or slide down to answer in 'Sense'. Is there anyway to avoid this? or is there any application to allow me have the slide right or left (like the original Android one)? or can I disable 'Sense'?
Thanks in advance for your help
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you can try a custom ROM with sense 3.0 ,3.5 or you can try cm7,miui
the lockscreens on these ROMs should prevent this from happening

An alternative that doesn't involve rooting, would be to use a different launcher. This would be the "disable sense" approach.
I recommend Launcher Pro. It has stacks of options, its smooth, and can be skinned/theme like sense.
You'll loose the HTC Widgets, but there are third party alternatives for all of them on the market. Launcher pro also has some Widgets if you buy the full version.
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that's a big inconvenience. One of the prime reasons I rooted. You can try one of the sense ROM Ports.
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You will have to use an alternative lock application to prevent this. I use go launcher but still get the sense lockscreen. Use widget locker or any other lock application to prevent getting the sense lockscreen.

kartkk said:
you can try a custom ROM with sense 3.0 ,3.5 or you can try cm7,miui
the lockscreens on these ROMs should prevent this from happening
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this is a good solvent

[Q] HTC Sense Gallery on CM7 ?

Hy...
Finally i make it. Try to overclock on sense 3.5 and my lovely sensation was going
in a endless shut down and reboot, shut down and reboot.
Lucky, i have made a back up of it...
but... for me was the right time to check out the "cyanogenmod" rom.
I have to say: this endless boot thing was the best wath happens to my sensation. i love it.
the only thing i dont like is the gallery from launcher pro.
here is my questen:
Is it possible to have the HTC Sense Gallery on a cyanogenmod rom?
Bricked-Kernel-AOSP|2.6.35.14|v1.4
Radio: 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01
Rom: Super Sensation - v.1.0.5
Thanks for answering.

From what I know the "Gallery" isn't from launcher and it's from AOSP itself.
and I don't think so, cause most sense stuff need the sense framework itself. Might be wrong though.

u cant cuz cm7 is asop and the gallery u want work with sense only.... i asked this question before in the mytouch 4g thread, thats the answer i got and its pretty much makes sense! yea i hate the asop gallery also i feel your pain!

illuminarias said:
From what I know the "Gallery" isn't from launcher and it's from AOSP itself.
and I don't think so, cause most sense stuff need the sense framework itself. Might be wrong though.
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Ok, thanx for the info. i know how to mod my pearl (with great support of course, all of you)... but i dont understand wath happens inside all of this files, numbers and codes... cause im just a user.., to customize my "mini dual-core computer with phone included"
i search but i dont find it...
maybe.., is there a gallery application out there looks like the sense gallery?

Hanguru said:
Ok, thanx for the info. i know how to mod my pearl (with great support of course, all of you)... but i dont understand wath happens inside all of this files, numbers and codes... cause im just a user.., to customize my "mini dual-core computer with phone included"
i search but i dont find it...
maybe.., is there a gallery application out there looks like the sense gallery?
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But why? Isn't cm7 gallery 3d? I can find a 2d gallery for you but I'm not sure if it works. Its from my g1.
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Heya..,
First of all. Thanx for echo. and the second: i like quick performance. i dont need 3D animations and some wheird window animations.(sense 3.0 gallery was the best)animations re all disabled. minimalistic as possible. i need speed for my pearl. wanna work with my phone not play. animations and enabled graphical features need resources and i need the resources for my self.
Bricked-Kernel-AOSP|2.6.35.14|v1.4
Radio: 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01
Rom: Super Sensation - v.1.0.5
Titanium Back up & Root Explorer
The Speed is incredible and i dont know any friend of me with a phone like the performance and speed of my HTC Sensation.
Finally i installed QUICK PIC 1.4.3 and its just perfect
cheers and greez from swissland

Sense keeps restarting

Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?

Nope... Not got any other launchers installed have you?

I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.

StuartTheFish said:
I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.
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strange, my device always has 150+mb free when idle, and 200mb+ when i clean my prog-list,
do you actualy close any programs, or only just use the home-icon.
only a different launcher would not change much, sense will still be present.

No, it's the sense launcher itself that causes the issues, and it's that which keeps restarting, hence seeing the HTC screen while it starts up again. Using a different launcher bypasses the issue entirely, though you do lose the ability to use sense widgets. You still use the sense keyboard and can use HTC's apps though.
I never use the home icon as I don't like leaving apps running, I always quit out of them properly if I can help it. Sense takes up too much of the phone's memory, so when you try to change or exit tasks it runs out of memory and can't do it, hence sense stops and restarts from scratch. Seems to happen more the more apps you have on the phone.

Are you rooted?
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I am now, but it was doing it beforehand too. Hence why I use a different launcher.

I have noticed that on my Sensation the Sense interface restarts every time I close the market using the "Back" key after installing or upgrading one or more apps.
It does not happen if I go back home using the "Home" button...Can anyone else confirm this trend?

Charlie3999 said:
Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?
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Do you have spareparts installed and if you do is app management set to aggressive?
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I used to have the same problem on stock ROM not-rooted so I rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM. This solved my problem and i have no more random reboots.
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I had this same issue and just removed spare parts and bingo it's not crashing any more. Spare parts was kinda pointless on gingerbread as the battery history was the main thing I used it for but that doesn't work on gb.
Thanks d3vilskid
Edit: spoke too soon.... Stopped happening with browser and home key. But still happening with market place and back button.

If u have root u can try the market app ram manager it balances ram for everyday. Use and the paid version can free ram for multitasking And gaming
Cyanogenmod Nightlies
Tdj's Demonspeed v10 Kernel
ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0

You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.

pakraider said:
You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.
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True! Just did it yesterday and problem solved! Not a single reload since. And I had a LOT of them. Unfortunately you have to be rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151771&page=2
search for rorycs post, he explained it .

[Q] Battery Widget

Hi, i recently updated my sensation to ICS but it was causing errors and the phone was constantly restarting so i decided to do a factory reset. Now all is running smoothly but the HTC widgets i originally had such as the notepad and battery widget have gone.
Don't have the widgets option in the ICS HTC Hub either, any help?
Cheers, Mark

Currently using the widget from the EVO 3D for now, not the same and doesn't seem to match the proper reading. Anyone got the sensation battery widget apk?

if its the battery widget from the htc hub your looking for this is it

Is it just me or does this battery widget seem to want access to everything on the phone, there really is no need for it to have access to some of these things!

Thank you so much. I've been searching for this widget and my HTC hub doesn't work with a ICS custom ROM.

I think I found a way to make ics HTC hub work. When I first installed I skipped signing into the hub first thing , then I found it NOT to work after when I tried to sign in later . However if during the very first install you sign into the hub as soon as it asks then the HTC hub WILL work for the rest of the time. I figured this out during the process of installing several different roms. At first I was skipping the process of signing into the hub first thing during set up and that's when it never would work again. But then I tried siginning in during set up and found if I do that the HTC hub WILL continue to work for me. It will ask during first set up to sign in. Do it! Because if it's skipped it will continue to not work even if you sign in later. This has been my experience with HTC HUB. Now mines working fine when before it would never work. Give it a try and see if it makes a difference for you. However, I'm running Ordroid 9.0.0 but its a 4.0.3 or ics base also. With sense 4. Hope this helps. It's worth a try. Works for me.
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skynet2012 said:
Is it just me or does this battery widget seem to want access to everything on the phone, there really is no need for it to have access to some of these things!
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ya i have noticed this too most of the permissions are not required