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Do you think that Sense will ever be able to be ported to the Nexus S when it releases its Gingerbread update?
I know that the Galaxy S never managed to see Sense on it, but it would be sure nice to have that option I also know this would be a difficult port as it would involve an inter manufacturer jump. I think it was easier to put sense on the n1 due to it being an HTC phone I dont think i will feel the same need for TouchWiz on the Nexus S somehow
JD
No idea. Just out of curiosity, WHY???
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JupiterDroid said:
>I dont think i will feel the same need for TouchWiz on the Nexus S somehow
JD
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HAH! My thoughts exactly ;-)
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OMG WHY!?!?!?! D:
numberoneoppa said:
OMG WHY!?!?!?! D:
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OMG WHY NOT!?!?!?!
I for one would love to see SENSE on the NS ans SGS phones.
Sense is closed-source, meaning it would be illegal to port it. And because we're on the Internet, it will be done anyway.
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Sense is closed-source, meaning it would be illegal to port it. And because we're on the Internet, it will be done anyway.
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Because something is closed source doesn't make it illegal to port. The problem is that Sense is a copyright work of HTC and therefore it's up to HTC whether or not third-parties are allowed to redistribute it, at present no.
However that still doesn't mean porting Sense is illegal. If you own a HTC Desire HD, dump the firmware, modify it to run on another device you own then that's perfectly legal. However, I'm not sure about the actual legalities of duplicating the firmware. You may be forced to remove the firmware from your HTC device so that you haven't created two copies. It really depends on what HTC's license says, assuming they even thought to include one.
Can anybody make a sense rom?
To work on nexus S....Pls just for kicks
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I'm sure one will be released at some point. Sense has an aesthetically pleasing UI that a lot of android users find attractive. Seeing as the Nexus S was just released, however, just have to wait and be patient. I think that the openness of this device, coupled with it's "pure google" experience, will attract a lot of devs and a lot of customization options.
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To work on nexus S....Pls just for kicks
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why don't u go and buy a mt4g? its 10x better than this boring nexus anyway?
I like the phone but in its stock form its slower than my old captivate. (Running touchwiz and 2.1)
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robstunner said:
I like the phone but in its stock form its slower than my old captivate. (Running touchwiz and 2.1)
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Yeeah. Sure.
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I was taking about the mytouch. It's lag central.
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Yeeah. Sure.
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I think the N1 got the Sense ROMs only because it was easy to port it from the nearly identical HTC Desire device.
I'm not sure it will be that easy to do on the Samsung HW.
Does the SGS have such ROM? If so, then surly we'll be seeing one for NS soon.
It doesn't make Sense
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Don't want a mytouch 4g. I like the nexus screen better...
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I have both the mt4g and the nexus s and I prefer the mt4g especially now since they're working on cm6 for it. My nexus s only frustrates me...no video chat app? Ugh and gingerbread is OVERRATED
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nccu_eagles said:
I have both the mt4g and the nexus s and I prefer the mt4g especially now since they're working on cm6 for it. My nexus s only frustrates me...no video chat app? Ugh and gingerbread is OVERRATED
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Tango was updated today to support the Nexus S
And I only looked at this thread thinking it was a joke. You mean someone would seriously want to take a great phone and crap it up with Sense???? I don't understand that at all!
I though people stopped making sense ROMs because HTC didnt quite like that copyright infringment.
thats why the CM rom on the Evo doesnt have it
I like d2g because of the keyboard, but locked bootloader
On the other hand, nexus s got latest android os (although things may change after 1 year, just nexus one),but worse in designing
I dont know which to choose, or u have other idea(eg. droid 3 is coming)
I'm also torn. I would love the d2g but there's barely any community behind it.
wait for dual core phones
I wouldnt use either of those. I would either get the droid x or the htc evo... I have the evo amd havent had one problem with it.
iamr00t
which one has the better camera??
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which one has the better camera??
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Google has the best camera
It depends what you want. Think in terms of hardware and software. The Nexus S doesn't have cutting edge hardware, but its Google's example of the best Android experience they can offer on a phone at the moment. Phones like the Atrix from CES would be an uber option if you're looking for bleeding edge hardware. For me, I'm undecided about the crazy new phones coming out vs the Nexus S, when considering what Android phone to go with. A dual core phone would be pretty kick ass, but I wouldn't want to be stuck with an older, skinned version of Android and a locked bootloader.
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MyTouch 4G. One of the most powerful phones out and the development is on fire right now
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joeyklatzko said:
MyTouch 4G. One of the most powerful phones out and the development is on fire right now
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+1 or the G2 if you want a keyboard.
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I would say to get droid 2 but it probably late for this post.
Closed, wrong section
Please read and respect the rules
http://www.androidcentral.com/sprints-motorola-photon-4g-available-july-31-199-contract
Just thought Id share this with you guys...
sounds pretty badass but its kinda ugly
My brother wants to go on my line, and imma either tell him the evo 3d or this.
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The specs seem pretty good but its kinda ugly and looks bulky...after this nexus I don't think I want to go to a heavier phone..oh and I love cm7 and miui
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Locked bootloader
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Itll get rooted, but bootloader is locked. With the recent breakthroughs on the Droid X with second init and getting CM7 working, count on aosp working at some point on the Photon also. Motorola may even unlock a few months down the road since they promised no more locked bootloaders.
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
I think it is nice, but, I genuinely love my NS4G and I haven't even rooted and started flashing yet.
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Yea dont blame you. I personally like Motorola and think itll be the best all around option sprint will see this year. Best battery and radio, guaranteed.
gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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Oh. And the Atrix bootloader has been hacked and unlocked so im sure the photon will be figured out shortly.
gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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Wow. That's pretty closed minded.
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Battery life will be awesome. It has a 10 hour talk time.
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If it gets unlocked, I'll jump on it. Tegra 2 processors are second to none with their 3D capabilities. I'm skeptical about battery life and the qHD display. The only phone I'm interested other than this is the SGS2 but that's not going to be out until fall according to our samsung rep.
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gunstar3035 said:
Like the look and nice specs but I only buy Nexus devices. To buy any other android phone other than a Nexus would be stupid.
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How would that be stupid? Other manufactures add functionality that should be included in stock android already but isn't. Unless you're stuck on the "ill get updates first wagon".
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Quis89 said:
How would that be stupid? Other manufactures add functionality that should be included in stock android already but isn't. Unless you're stuck on the "ill get updates first wagon".
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That's a matter of opinion and on the development device you have the source to add to if you wish : D not hating on you but most run to the nexus line to escape what the carrier added.
The proton is ugly imo lol, can't imagine comfort holding that thing also why are all these dual cores only pushing one gig?
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Hell yeah I am getting this phone. It is what the EVO 2 should have been. And it will be rooted, not worried about that.
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I had a flashback when I seen it I couldn't place it but I got it, the motorola i1 presumably one of the worst phones produced with android. It featured iden push to talk and that was the only selling point, shipped with 1.5 android when froyo was out, the list goes on. the design is a perfect match as far as the shape. Visit this link
www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/MOTOROLA-i1-US-EN
load the flash video and check picture 2 and the last one out. Very bulky
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Off topic but which do you prefer more, sense or motoblur. I used sense 3.0 and I totally hated it, it felt like the UI was bogging down the hardware. I never tired blur, i know some people have a thing against it but don't know why...
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chewbz said:
Off topic but which do you prefer more, sense or motoblur. I used sense 3.0 and I totally hated it, it felt like the UI was bogging down the hardware. I never tired blur, i know some people have a thing against it but don't know why...
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Because it's the ugliest, slowest, buggiest UI
Lol. The new blur isnt bad. The icons are what kill me.
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Because it's the ugliest, slowest, buggiest UI
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I hated blur when it came out on the cliq and havent touched it since then
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The ice cream sandwich will be launched first on nexus prime, we all know that. I want to know how long will it take before nexus s sees an ota update for ice cream sandwich too?
I remember it took quite a while for Nexus One owners to officially get Gingerbread. It was months, wasn't it? I may be mistaken.
I hope Ice Cream comes sooner for NS owners.
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I remember it took quite a while for Nexus One owners to officially get Gingerbread. It was months, wasn't it? I may be mistaken.
I hope Ice Cream comes sooner for NS owners.
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The reason for the massive delay was the immense number of bugs in GB upon its initial release (since it was pushed out before it was really ready).
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I remember it took quite a while for Nexus One owners to officially get Gingerbread. It was months, wasn't it? I may be mistaken.
I hope Ice Cream comes sooner for NS owners.
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We've already supposedly seem ICS leaks for the Nexus S already so I assume it isn't that far off. That's only if those leaks were legit though.
And seeing as the Nexus Prime will be truly different than the Nexus S, I'd assume the NS was used to test ICS against traditional form devices (phones with front buttons). When GB went to the Nexus One, I'd assume it had very little progress to begin with as the NS was practically the same phone meaning that they didn't need to test it on the Nexus One.
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We've already supposedly seem ICS leaks for the Nexus S already so I assume it isn't that far off. That's only if those leaks were legit though.
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we did see gingerbread on the Nexus One well ahead of the actual launch [remember the lock screen animation leak? :http://phandroid.com/2010/10/21/gingerbreads-screen-off-animation-exclusive-video/]
so, even though we've seen a (supposedly) leaked version of ICS running on NS, it might still be a while before we get it on our pretty NexS-es
i'm in no hurry though ...
I remember reading somewhere that Nexus S will be the first phone to get ICS and Nexus Prime will be the first to be shipped with ICS.
I hope ICS will be released on the Nexus S when it's ready. I don't wanna see a disaster of an update like Gingerbread 2.3.6
I'm not impressed with Google at all when it comes to updates. They cause more harm than good!
So are we going to get a new thread of this same question every day until its released?????
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Rem3Dy said:
So are we going to get a new thread of this same question every day until its released?????
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Yes, and its your job to post the new one for tomorrow. Remember to also repost the teaser video in general.
kenvan19 said:
Yes, and its your job to post the new one for tomorrow. Remember to also repost the teaser video in general.
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Here I will just troll with this
http://i.imgur.com/qvYzT.png
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Rem3Dy said:
Here I will just troll with this
http://i.imgur.com/qvYzT.png
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i think it can be true
No way ICS will be released when they launch the Prime. It will be an exclusive on the Prime model for weeks, if not a month or so. This will force geeks who just can't wait to buy the Prime rather than settling and updating their NS.
It's all speculation at this point, but if I were to guess I'd say the NS will get it 1-2 months after release. That's all it is, though; a guess.
Prime will have it exclusively for a good few months if the past is any indicator of things to come
From what i understand, ICS is supposed to address to current fragmentation issues with Android, and hopfully unify all phones/tablets with one version.
Under this logic, it makes sense that they would push it out ASAP
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From what i understand, ICS is supposed to address to current fragmentation issues with Android, and hopfully unify all phones/tablets with one version.
Under this logic, it makes sense that they would push it out ASAP
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I agree, pulling the waiting game again would be a joke for Google.
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I'm not impressed with Google at all when it comes to updates. They cause more harm than good!
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trust me freind apple is NO better. 4.0 on 3g's anyone?
On release, I think one way or another it will be out sooner than later. Either it will be released rapidly or someone will rip it off the prime, realize it works already on the S and then put it up here rooted and with superuser..... YAY XDA!
A better q is how long after prime release does ics go to the aosp
So cm can port it to us
How long usually for new android versions to be open sourced
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A better q is how long after prime release does ics go to the aosp
So cm can port it to us
How long usually for new android versions to be open sourced
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Cyanogen 9 (ICS) will be released when the source is there. Probably after nexus s get their update.
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melvinchng said:
Cyanogen 9 (ICS) will be released when the source is there. Probably after nexus s get their update.
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dont you mean cm8?
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Anyone working on a sense port for the n5 ?
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Anyone working on a sense port for the n5 ?
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no.
its more than just porting. you need the framework for sense to work on the n5, and a kernel to support it. right now you have neither. its not a little work, its so much work that nobody in their right mind would spend the time on it, and for free!
trust me. the only people on this planet that want sense on their devices have already purchased a phone from HTC...the same company who lost 3 billion dollars last quarter.
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no.
its more than just porting. you need the framework for sense to work on the n5, and a kernel to support it. right now you have neither. its not a little work, its so much work that nobody in their right mind would spend the time on it, and for free!
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I know but the n4 very close to having sense 5 working. I just thought if the n4 could probably run it then it'll be a lot easier for the n5 because it's more newer then it.
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raymond4 said:
I know but the n4 very close to having sense 5 working
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you're still talking about a completely different device though. the N4 is not the N5.
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I know but the n4 very close to having sense 5 working. I just thought if the n4 could probably run it then it'll be a lot easier for the n5 because it's more newer then it.
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theyve been working on sense for the n4 since december of last year..
the thing is, many people who buy nexus devices want to stay far away from sense(or the other oem ui's).
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you're still talking about a completely different device though. the N4 is not the N5.
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Alright well I understand it's a completely different device. I just thought it'll be easier for us n5 users to get it running on our device. I just always found it would be nice to brag about running other android software on our n5.
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I don't understand the point of putting Sense on a Nexus phone. It seems counterintuitive. You can probably get a One on eBay for the same price or even cheaper.
sense is nothing to brag about.
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theyve been working on sense for the n4 since december of last year..
the thing is, many people who buy nexus devices want to stay far away from sense(or the other oem ui's).
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I know and that's true but isn't the n5 a dev phone ? That's what I thought. I'm just saying it's always good to have variety of different Roms.
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I just don't understand why users on here gets so uptight when these things get brought up. if u want sense go buy a HTC phone.
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I know and that's true but isn't the n5 a dev phone ? That's what I thought. I'm just saying it's always good to have variety of different Roms.
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it is, and a variety of roms is good too. problem is is sense itself, it uses up your phones resources and will slow it down. you want a slow nexus?
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it is, and a variety of roms is good too. problem is is sense itself, it uses up your phones resources and will slow it down. you want a slow nexus?
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I understand that but when I used the newer sense it wasn't as slow like the other versions of sense. So to me sense 5 wouldn't be as slow on our n5. Plus if it was then we could remove the bloatware to make it less heavy on our n5.
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raymond4 said:
I understand that but when I used the newer sense it wasn't as slow like the other versions of sense. So to me sense 5 wouldn't be as slow on our n5. Plus if it was then we could remove the bloatware to make it less heavy on our n5.
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go ahead. make sure that you get the framework working on a nexus 5 first, then develop a kernel to support sense. really, it would be cool if you do. i wouldnt use it, but some would. the issue is that it would take a mass amount of time and effort to do so, and not many are willing to be so dedicated to it.
I came from having had 3 HTC phones in the past. Evo 4g, evo 3d, and evo 4g LTE. All good phones. Sense wasn't terrible.
I can say though the only thing I miss was linked contacts. That rocked. Otherwise I'm totally happy with stock android and getting updates when they come out, not a year later or never.
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