Torn between sense and blur - Defy Android Development

Lets face it I'm a ui guy.
I think vanilly android is just plain ugly.
I've been using the sense build for a few days and it runs perfect and sense is beautiful.
But then my Co worker had me help her with her Droid 2, which has blur.
So now I'm torn between using sense or blur.
Opinions ?
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IMO sense is much better than blur.
But for about the same money what would you prefer? Defy (480x854 3.7" screen, 2g rom, 800mhz cpu) with blur, or Aria (320x480 3.2" screen, 512m rom, 600mhz cpu) with sense? Mind you that there are thousands of applications to improve the interface and your experience

ABC_Universal said:
Mind you that there are thousands of applications to improve the interface and your experience
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Exactly! I am very happy with LauncherPro. It is very customizable and it runs smooth. I like the slick look my phone has now, a look that is impossible with both launchers the TS is considering.

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Sense on LG

Hi guys.
I'm thinking of getting LGO3d. Will it be possible to put sense on there??
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I presume if/when custom roms come you might... but dear god why? Even when I've had HTC mobiles I always get rid of hat [email protected] The Widgets LG use are just as good if you like that sort of thing.
leejames55 said:
Hi guys.
I'm thinking of getting LGO3d. Will it be possible to put sense on there??
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It will be possible if some dev make Sense ROM
I look forward to that too This is great phone and with ROM's it will be ever better
Personally i have owned a HTC Desire and a Sensation which i still have but the desire i gave to my brother. But i love the LG's custom UI and would not change it for sense sorry but would try it if custom roms came out but overall the custome ui by LG is good enough for the LG i like it alot...
LG custom IU is good,but sometimes I just want some change and something eye candy like Sense it would be nice to have some ROM options so that everyone chooses what they like
sense needs 300mb free so I doubt it will work
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It would eat up your ram and battery more than what the LG custom UI. ...
I own both an htc and an lg phone, though sense is smoother and well polished i still find the LG launcher better cause its simplier and is the closest thing to stock android.
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ik911 said:
sense needs 300mb free so I doubt it will work
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It will work...I have Android 2.3.4 and Sense 2.1 on my HTC Magic and it works fine so it will work
sense needs 300mb free so I doubt it will work
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It will work...I have Android 2.3.4 and Sense 2.1 on my HTC Magic and it works fine so it will work
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sense 2.1 is not the evo one is it ?
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ik911 said:
sense 2.1 is not the evo one is it ?
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No,Evo 3D has Sense 3.0...but that's not the point...the point is that if HTC Magic with 528 Mhz CPU and 288 MB RAM can run it, then trust me O3D with Dual Core CPU and 512MB RAM will own it
sense 2.1 is not the evo one is it ?
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No,Evo 3D has Sense 3.0...but that's not the point...the point is that if HTC Magic with 528 Mhz CPU and 288 MB RAM can run it, then trust me O3D with Dual Core CPU and 512MB RAM will own it
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I was talking about 3.0 so was the OP I think
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Sense is lush, I love the animated weather and clock etc. Should be able to as EVO 3d will have sense so it should be quite an easy port?? Especially with EVO being 3d. Will just wait for EVO. Apparently its tomorrow and better specs etc.... Love HTC phones, never fail to impress
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having gone from Desire to Optimus 3D I can't say I miss sense at all, then again I always had custom ROMs or stock with a different launcher. I don't think there's a need for all the stuff HTC put on there to eat memory. I'd rather have a quick phone that did what I want rather than suff put there for me that I'll never use
I had a custom rom on my Samsung Portal because the original Samsung one was bloated and slow. The LG ui is fast, slick and works great. I'd suggest you just try first and if you don't get on with it custom roms will be here soon enough.
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leejames55 said:
Sense is lush, I love the animated weather and clock etc. Should be able to as EVO 3d will have sense so it should be quite an easy port?? Especially with EVO being 3d. Will just wait for EVO. Apparently its tomorrow and better specs etc.... Love HTC phones, never fail to impress
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If you want this phone for 3d then the Evo isn't as good as the O3D, the reviews say the same the 3d effect isn't as good on the Evo.
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If you want this phone for 3d then the Evo isn't as good as the O3D, the reviews say the same the 3d effect isn't as good on the Evo.
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And even though technically the specs are better (1,2GHz dualcore vs 1GHz dualcore and 1GB vs 512MB internal memory) the Evo3D scores quite a bit lower in Smartbench and Quadrant.
bioweb said:
And even though technically the specs are better (1,2GHz dualcore vs 1GHz dualcore and 1GB vs 512MB internal memory) the Evo3D scores quite a bit lower in Smartbench and Quadrant.
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Exactly.. it now comes to the point which hardware design can utilize resource more efficient. It reminds me of our dessktop processors.. where an i5 and i3 processors are of same speed say 2.2 Ghz, but you know i5 will perform better than i3. So it looks like LG made a good bet on choosing the right dualcore cpu.
between, talking about UI, both sense and TW4 (SGS2) use up quite a bit of memory. So they need more memory for sure. I tried to use TW4 on SGS before, with the trim down port for SGS, I can only squeeze around 70~120mb free memory most of the time. While using the original TW3, I can manage to get 200~250mb free most of the time. There you can see why the extra 512 is needed.
You can always download htc keyboard, use sense ADW and a sense weather widget...

Sense or no sense

So I'm so confused .
I come from using an iPhone .
HTC sensation is my 1st android phone and i love it.
I have rooted and started messing with all the roms.
I don't understanc why everyone hates the sence UI. ??
I love it.
Nonsense is boring and plain .
Can someone plz explain to me why everyone wants a none sence rom.
I am using RCmix and its quick and fast even with a sense UI.
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It's bloated and takes up more RAM. The visual appeal does not make up for its relatively poor performance compared to AOSP ROMs.
Ahh can't wait to use an aosp apps and roms
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Its not as customizable as I like. I like having a dock with 4 apps that I can change and I also like having the ability to change my icons so I use ADW. Purchase ADW EX from the market and you will not be disappointed. Its like having a grand new phone. It will be the fastest thing you've ever seen. Sense has too much eye candy which makes the UI nit as fast as it could be.
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It's not that people hate it, it's a very nice UI, but it lags a lot especially on the sensation. Sense takes up to much memory.
barondebxl said:
It's not that people hate it, it's a very nice UI, but it lags a lot especially on the sensation. Sense takes up to much memory.
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No, I absolutely hate it. It has no redeeming qualities over CyanogenMod.
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I absolutely love it! Its pretty much the only reason why i bought sensation.
I can't understand why would people buy sensation if they dont like sense. They can simply buy samsung galaxy s II which offers better hardware and performance, and its not coming with sense.
Shu. said:
I absolutely love it! Its pretty much the only reason why i bought sensation.
I can't understand why would people buy sensation if they dont like sense. They can simply buy samsung galaxy s II which offers better hardware and performance, and its not coming with sense.
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You are correct, except the excellent performance of the GS2 comes in a pathetic, cheap candy plastic shell. Personally I got the Sensation because I was a fan of the design, and have a preference for LCD over AMOLED screens.
No phone will be all things to all people The first thing I did was stick LauncherPro on the Sensation. My stock ROM (Telstra version) was horribly laggy, and performance way under what I expected. Now at least it's fluid enough for everyday use.
YMMV of course, but Sense 3.0 to me is way too heavy on the eye-candy and doodads, while offering little in terms of an upgrade over 2.1. The lockscreen is its one redeeming feature
Shu. said:
I absolutely love it! Its pretty much the only reason why i bought sensation.
I can't understand why would people buy sensation if they dont like sense. They can simply buy samsung galaxy s II which offers better hardware and performance, and its not coming with sense.
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Galaxy S2 - $800+ , have to import, who knows about warranty.
Sensation - $150 with contract, available in store, warranty.
I bought Sensation because of it's hardware and looks. Stock build is utter disappointment to me. I will happily admit that I had less lag with my single core MT4g with stock rom or CM7 rom and, IMHO, Sense 3.0 it it's current form is the only thing to blame.
For me, Sensation without Sense is just not right. I'm not exactly sure what people mean by lags. I've tried AOSP and MIUI roms and in all honesty, the difference between them and Sense is hardly noticeable. On a beast like the the Sensation, now that we have root and S-off there shall be cooked roms with Sense that will simply fly. In any case, the polished look of Sense 3.0 and its fantastic widgets are simply worth any so called lags, which I am yet to experience, from HD2 Android, Desire HD and now Sensation.
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I know I'm not along when I say I like pretty much everything about Sense except the launcher. Luckily that's the easiest thing to change and you don't even need root. I installed launcher pro day 1 and still get to enjoy the sense lock screen, dialer, etc.
No Sense for me is like Non-sense
htcsensation4gsj said:
So I'm so confused .
I come from using an iPhone .
HTC sensation is my 1st android phone and i love it.
I have rooted and started messing with all the roms.
I don't understanc why everyone hates the sence UI. ??
I love it.
Nonsense is boring and plain .
Can someone plz explain to me why everyone wants a none sence rom.
I am using RCmix and its quick and fast even with a sense UI.
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Sense roms are usually well over 200mb. With Sense you're lucky if you have 100mb of free ram with no other apps running.
AOSP roms are usually around 100mb. With cm7 I have 280mb of free ram with XDA app in the background.
AOSP roms fly compared to Sense and I actually prefer the ui of pure Android.
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No matter how much the devs optimize sense it will still be much slower, far more bloated and barely customizable in comparison. Having some cute weather animations isn't worth it to many of us who bought it purely for the hardware specs knowing that as soon as root came around sense would be happily replaced with a AOSP ROM.
Coming from an iPhone I can see why you prefer a lack of customization in place of a little eye candy. It's what you're used to and your preference. Some people buy Porsche for its 0-60 time and others because of those sexy curves, It's just preference.
ScurvyJ said:
No matter how much the devs optimize sense it will still be much slower, far more bloated and barely customizable in comparison. Having some cute weather animations isn't worth it to many of us who bought it purely for the hardware specs knowing that as soon as root came around sense would be happily replaced with a AOSP ROM.
Coming from an iPhone I can see why you prefer a lack of customization in place of a little eye candy. It's what you're used to and your preference. Some people buy Porsche for its 0-60 time and others because of those sexy curves, It's just preference.
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Well said. But you forget that the Boxster got spanked by the little Honda S-2000 when Car and Driver tested them. AOSP being Honda and Sense being Porsche.
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I don't like Sense and never have. I like a more vanilla look. The only reason I purchased the Sensation is because I wanted a 4.3 inch display and a dual core CPU. Ill get the SGSII variant once it gets to T-Mobile.
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jrwingate6 said:
I don't like Sense and never have. I like a more vanilla look. The only reason I purchased the Sensation is because I wanted a 4.3 inch display and a dual core CPU. Ill get the SGSII variant once it gets to T-Mobile.
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I thought about getting a HD2 just for the large display.
i hate sense, it just doesnt not look current. It looks like it was design in 2005 which probably was.... First thing i do on an android phone is put launcher pro... The performance changed completely. I cannot wait to put CM7 on mine because even with sense on this thing and launcher pro its still not as smooth as my Nexus one was...
Phateless said:
Well said. But you forget that the Boxster got spanked by the little Honda S-2000 when Car and Driver tested them. AOSP being Honda and Sense being Porsche.
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Haha, that's a good point.

Best UI?

What's your favorite android user interface?? Mines Sony Ericsson's because it's simple, looks nice and good features, what's yours and why?
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HTC Sense 3.5 because its so pretty, sleek, and customizable!
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+1 for Sense. If it only was as fast as it is pretty. Custom ROMs fix that though...
I very much dislike Sence. I either prefer stock gingerbread or Miui
I like touchwiz because it works the best.
Im a SPB MS fan, a bit pricy but just worth it in my opinion. They also have an experimental 3d mode which I hope they will improve upon for my evo 3d
ICS Launcher
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
Sense 3.5 with great customization abilities, beats audio and fast web browser.
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HTC Sense FTW!
Original ICS Looks great!
+1 for Sense. It really is visually rich, and it would be incredible if it was as fast as it is beautiful. I tried the only AOSP ICS ROM for the Sensation for a while, and I think pure ICS has itself quite a good looking UI, but since the ROM I was running still has a lot of issues, I've already switched to a just-released Sense 3.5 ROM from a team I've always loved. Just installed it, and holy smokes is it smooth when paired with a particular kernel a lot of users recommended.
I can't wait to see what we get in the near future. Whether we get ICS with Sense 3.5 from HTC or if we get ICS with Sense 4.0, either way it should be pretty exciting, as I'm sure it should finally take care of the one downside of Sense-speed.
HTC Sense is the best!
Well,Sense on a device with less than 1gb of RAM isn't recommended in my opinion.HTC made the mistake to release devices like the Desire HD and Sensation with 768mb of RAM.Anyway,paired with adequately powerful hardware,Sense is awesome.And,while up to Sense 2.1 everything was quite slow,Sense 3 and 3.5 have *proper* hardware acceleration and they are at least smooth as hell.And I only own a Desire HD,not some dual-core HTC phone.
Other than Sense,ICS on the Galaxy S II is more than just good in fact.I've been missing Sense with Gingerbread(God,I hate TouchWiz's launcher),but ICS seems to make up for the loss.Oh well...
I hate sense, and I love the new optimus ui(optimus sol)
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Original ICS or MIUI !
I say: Back to roots and stay with default cool black Android 2.3.7 UI.
Serial Thrilla said:
I say: Back to roots and stay with default cool black Android 2.3.7 UI.
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Totally agreed... using it too on cm7
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dovazaan said:
I very much dislike Sence. I either prefer stock gingerbread or Miui
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Have to agree on the stock gingerbread. Even the launcher. I haven't played much with ICS enough to comment on it.
lowandbehold said:
Have to agree on the stock gingerbread. Even the launcher. I haven't played much with ICS enough to comment on it.
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Ics themes suck, best is to get ICS... no good copies... I also agree on launcher...
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My favourite UI is tw but the best looking is sense. If only sense wasn't so fat.
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motoblur launcher?

Is it possible to pull the motorola applications platform launcher from a droid 4 or droid 3 and port it to our phone?
Why whats so good bout motoblur anyway?
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I actually like the newest blurhome2. I've been fiddling with getting it working on other devices but no go as of yet! The blur is really dug in deep to the launcher! Lol..
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Yeah the new one is 3D and is really smooth.
Although it is possible to develop a launcher mimicking motoblur you would have a hard time finding a developer who is willing. Most developers are focused on ICS roms now. Have you tried the go launcher ex or SPB shell 3D launcher?
turkbot said:
Why whats so good bout motoblur anyway?
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Motoblur is crap... Plain and simple... By far the worst ui of all the manufacturers, i.e. htc sense, samsung touchwiz, etc... My dad used to love his moto phones, he had a og droid, a droid x and a droid x 2, until he picked up the galaxy nexus, now he will never buy a moto product unless its a nexus version... Motoblur sucks
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Quick observation

Just wanted to post a quick comment. Recently my mom picked up a gs3 via vzw for $49. So i finally got a chance to play with it after reading and hearing all the hype. As far as quality goes, u obviously know htc feels better, the gs3 has a very yellowish tint to the screen. Now before i get killed for beating a dead horse THIS really shocked me. For all the beating that sense takes, i think its light years better than touchwiz. It doesnt even feel like ics or jb. It feels so much heavier and bloated compared to sense its shocking. Going back and forth, going thru menus, etc, it is obvious that sense is a derivative of ics and even jb. It stays true to the color schemes and overall lightness of the ui. Imo people need to appreciate sense a little bit more bc touchwiz was awful.
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Yea.. it still uses that retro gingerbread style touchwiz.
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HTC > Samsung, One X > SGSIII. I just turned one down. My brother wants to switch with me. LOL
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I agree for sure. I think specs tend to dazzle people. The SGS III is a VERY nice phone, no doubt, and I'm sure an aosp Rom would be pretty gratifying. But the screen isn't as nice (pentile) as the one xl and sense ui is really hard to beat.
I'm really happy with this phone and don't regret the choice at all.
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