According to this article and htc http://androidapproved.com/item/htc-sense-ui-3-0-limited-to-newer-devices-only/
the mytouch or any older htc phones may not get the new sense ui.
** Lets go Team Royal lol **
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According to this article and htc http://androidapproved.com/item/htc-sense-ui-3-0-limited-to-newer-devices-only/
the mytouch or any older htc phones may not get the new sense ui.
** Lets go Team Royal lol **
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I have no idea why some people love Sense.
Sense is a Sumo Wrestler in a room full of Super Models.
felix.akinyemi said:
According to this article and htc http://androidapproved.com/item/htc-sense-ui-3-0-limited-to-newer-devices-only/
the mytouch or any older htc phones may not get the new sense ui.
** Lets go Team Royal lol **
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This is not surprising at all. Glacier is using a bastardized version of sense 2.0 anyways, so there's no chance that htc or tmobile would hack a perfectly good version 3.0 just for glacier. Besides with announcement of sensation, tmobile will have a pure sense phone by summer, this would nudge most users to upgrade to the new sensation which what tmobile want anyways to increase sales. Glacier is an ugly step child used to show case video calling with 4g, sensation is the next flagship phone for tmobile.
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I have no idea why some people love Sense.
Sense is a Sumo Wrestler in a room full of Super Models.
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see to me sense is the super model and stock is the ugly step sister
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... Glacier is an ugly step child used to show case video calling with 4g, sensation is the next flagship phone for tmobile.
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So sad... Carly may be the cutest ugly step child ever. Wonder who will step in for the sensation. I'm hoping for ScarJo The myTouch still has more RAM right?
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So sad... Carly may be the cutest ugly step child ever. Wonder who will step in for the sensation. I'm hoping for ScarJo The myTouch still has more RAM right?
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Same amount of ram. The sensation is a bigger pure mytouch without the ugly os and 1 more core.
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Same amount of ram. The sensation is a bigger pure mytouch without the ugly os and 1 more core.
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Tmo should have called it the myTouch Sensation 4G
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I have no idea why some people love Sense.
Sense is a Sumo Wrestler in a room full of Super Models.
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What did you just say... mad, you have an HTC too so j/k
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Sense is more like what android should of been just with out the extra MB. To be honest I like sense better then stock so many things are better. I use cm 7 but use launcher pro. If sense could just make light framework edits like the Guys who make miui alot of people would use it simply it gives a better user exp. When I see stock I go eww. Its boring.
next phones to get Evo3d,HTC sensation, Samsung galaxy 2 going to start deving soon=D
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What did you just say... mad, you have an HTC too so j/k
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I only had mySense on my phone for about 4 hours. I bought my phone @ T-Mobile on Black Friday at 6AM. It was rooted before i left the building and had CM6 on it just before 10 AM.
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I only had mySense on my phone for about 4 hours. I bought my phone @ T-Mobile on Black Friday at 6AM. It was rooted before i left the building and had CM6 on it just before 10 AM.
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You're lucky you got in the game late. It was agonizing since I bought it at release. I was checking every day to see what developments had been made. I was even the first to post links to the kernel source when it dropped. The original OS was pure torture. I'm just a Vanilla guy.
Besides- Vanilla takes about 90MB, Sense hits about 280MB.
Vanilla>Sense based on sheer efficiency.
Eh, well I guess the myTouch is running espresso so its not like sense 3.0 would change much on espresso. I'm sure when it gets gingerbread we'll see some UI changes tho.
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You're lucky you got in the game late. It was agonizing since I bought it at release. I was checking every day to see what developments had been made. I was even the first to post links to the kernel source when it dropped. The original OS was pure torture. I'm just a Vanilla guy.
Besides- Vanilla takes about 90MB, Sense hits about 280MB.
Vanilla>Sense based on sheer efficiency.
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When i saw the Droid X and Droid 2 getting locked down i decided that will not be a "first comer". I want to wait and see how it goes when it comes to rooting.... i don't mind tinkering. But i'm not putting up with a locked bootloader either.
My benchmarks and general user experience between sense vs aosp are barely negligible. Plus sense has all the UI fanciness and Widgets and IMO is just prettier. For as much MB as sense uses vs vanilla I don't see any meaningful drop in speed or experience. That to me is enough to put Sense higher up on my list than vanilla.
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Besides- Vanilla takes about 90MB, Sense hits about 280MB
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Honestly there is enough memory in phones now days that it doesn't even matter anymore.
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I love both AOSP and Sense, but Sense is just so much prettier and has a whole lot more functionalities. I always end up going back to Sense. The FB and Twitter integration on Sense makes it worthwhile for me. And let's not even start on how horrid the caller ID screen on AOSP is
Although it's bulkier than AOSP, I see no noticeable speed difference.
Don't know if anyone has read the article recently, but there's an update saying HTC clarified that some of the older devices will get Sense 3.0. So, there's hope! And since ours is one of the more recent HTC phones, I think there's a good chance we may get it. If not, I think this will be the eventual ROM I finally leave stock sense for!
As others have said, with these phones having the power to smoothly run Sense, I prefer it for it's sleekness and most importantly the awesome widgets. I will say though, that I've fallen out of love with Friendstream because it's so friggin slow!
I hated the first release of sense that released with the hero, but I love sense 2.0, 2.1. Can't wait for 3.0 to be ported to the MT4G. Should hold me over until the Sensation is released.
See, I like both AOSP and Sense. Just depends on mood, but I can see the benefits of both and understand why someone would like one over the other. I just can't make up my mind sometimes.
I Needs It...... I needs my Superphone Fix...Ima have to turn a lot of tricks for the Sensation.
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Hi guys, just like what the topic says. For those who like AOSP don't be an arse.. and start crap in this thread.
OK, i was about to buy LGX2 on 4/20 at full retail and thought devs might port Sense UI to LG cause i like Sense and other varieties rom like CM7, Miui, etc.. just like our phone MyTouch4G. But I wasn't sure, cause in the back head thought how come Samsung phones like Galaxy S, 4G, Nexus S don't have any Sense port? Only AOSP roms. So I did some research and ask questions and found out there's no way to port Sense to LG or Samsung due to close source. So if you hate Sense then you can get LGX2 or Samsung. But I want varieties Sense UI, cm7, Miui ill be waiting and get HTC phones.
PS: don't be a [email protected],I'm posting this for new users to know before making a mistake.
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Not trying to be a **** but its HTC sense so I would assume that mainly HTC phones would have it yes it is closed source which I don't quite uunderstand since Google's all about the open source so why let something else just close it, ya know?
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Just use launcher pro with a sense dock. Then use beautiful Widgets for the clock and widget locker for a sense look.
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Not trying to be a **** but its HTC sense so I would assume that mainly HTC phones would have it yes it is closed source which I don't quite uunderstand since Google's all about the open source so why let something else just close it, ya know?
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Yeah, i know that sux..cause i really want a taste of dual core dual channel from LG with tegra chipset early
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Just use launcher pro with a sense dock. Then use beautiful Widgets for the clock and widget locker for a sense look.
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Well yeah, but it wouldn't be 100% Sense UI know what i mean? Plus i don't care what other says about sense is slow or what. not for mytouch4g 768 of ram And sense widget.
HTC Evo 3D will have GSM version
http://www.gsmarena.com/gsmcapable_h...-news-2451.php
Probably don't have HSPA+ 1700 Band,but who give a **** i hardly get over 3mbps plus sooner or later Tmobile will be AT&T anyways.
So..which phone do you guys CHOOSE?
HTC Evo 3D GSM Version or
HTC Pryramid?
Let the bashing begins... hahahahaha
Tegra 2 fails in comparison to the dual core snap dragons. I think nvidia announced tegra 3 quadcore on phones by summer. I'm waiting for quadcore dual cores wont are not going to last as long. As the single cores did. The mytouch 4g has alot of ram as well so don't expect it to be outshine their was a video on YouTube of the mytouch 4g vs the atrix and the mytouch was blowing it out of the water.
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Well yeah, but it wouldn't be 100% Sense UI know what i mean? Plus i don't care what other says about sense is slow or what. not for mytouch4g 768 of ram And sense widget.
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Yep, I don't think the "Sense is slow" argument applies anymore. Phones like the MT4G are so powerful, I don't perceive any difference in performance going from a vanilla ROM to a Sense ROM. And phones will only continue to get more powerful.
Sense isn't slow I like it pure sense not T-Mobile version. I run cyanogenmod simply cause it save my days with the g1. Now I run miui with launcher pro. I personally like sense look but it uses alot of resources. 80 MB vs 254 MB they really don't need all of that stuff running in the background. Miui team changes alot and the rom is simply no bigger than 80 MB maybe HTC should look into a simpler way to implement their features without such heavy frameworks.
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Honestly, since you like the UI's so much just buy the unlocked Optimus 2x for $550. Its only $50 more than the retail for the G2x. Here's a the link
Hope this is what you're looking for! I'm considering it myself, but I always root but I do like the UI on the Optimus 2x. Decisions!!!!
EmceeGeek said:
Honestly, since you like the UI's so much just buy the unlocked Optimus 2x for $550. Its only $50 more than the retail for the G2x. Here's a the link
Hope this is what you're looking for! I'm considering it myself, but I always root but I do like the UI on the Optimus 2x. Decisions!!!!
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It doesn't matter if it's unlock or not that's not the problems. HTC Sense UI is close source, you can never port any Sense UI roms to any other models except HTC phones period.
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Sense UI can be ported and was ported, just not properly. There is a port for Galaxy S. The problem is regaining radio functionality - and on Samsung they didn't achieve it. On the other hand, it took time to get Gingerbread on Galaxy S too, so it might just not be an easy task.
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Sense UI can be ported and was ported, just not properly. There is a port for Galaxy S. The problem is regaining radio functionality - and on Samsung they didn't achieve it. On the other hand, it took time to get Gingerbread on Galaxy S too, so it might just not be an easy task.
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Wake me up when Samsung have a fully working Sense UI port. I'll be the first to buy Samsung Galaxy S II
With tegra omap 5, super armoled lcd. As of right now that's has the best technology on a phone.
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epsix said:
Wake me up when Samsung have a fully working Sense UI port. I'll be the first to buy Samsung Galaxy S II
With tegra omap 5, super armoled lcd. As of right now that's has the best technology on a phone.
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Its been said that the USA isn't getting tegra 2 processor were getting Samsung new one the exqinos or something of that name the rest of the world is getting the tegra 2 version.
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Its been said that the USA isn't getting tegra 2 processor were getting Samsung new one the exqinos or something of that name the rest of the world is getting the tegra 2 version.
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Yeah, USA version is Orion omap 5 chip around 850 to 900+. I'll stick to my HTC with Sense UI.
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epsix said:
Yeah, USA version is Orion omap 5 chip around 850 to 900+. I'll stick to my HTC with Sense UI.
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+1 I agree 100000000% with you. HTC Sense all the way. The other day I went to CM7 and then TR Ginger. Well, I am now running Evil's HD, and I think I am staying there. It is running super smooth with the latest Faux Kernal SV.
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+1 I agree 100000000% with you. HTC Sense all the way. The other day I went to CM7 and then TR Ginger. Well, I am now running Evil's HD, and I think I am staying there. It is running super smooth with the latest Faux Kernal SV.
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Hell yeah... and with the new Sense UI we're getting in the summer its sick... LG, SamSux will be drooling all over it.... hahahaha. We will have the best of both worlds Sense and AOSP
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I love sense so much more but I couldn't make my battery last all day like I can with cm7. Maybe I just don't know the secrets to a longer battery life with sense.
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http://www.androidbugle.com/2011/04/htc-glaciermytouch-4g-to-hit-mobilicity.html
Once system dumps are obtained, maybe a 100% compatible HTC Sense 2.3 ROM can be cooked?
Taknarosh said:
http://www.androidbugle.com/2011/04/htc-glaciermytouch-4g-to-hit-mobilicity.html
Once system dumps are obtained, maybe a 100% compatible HTC Sense 2.3 ROM can be cooked?
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You can be 100% sure that the dev won't let this past. Looks like our updates to GB looks alot better now hehe
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You can be 100% sure that the dev won't let this past. Looks like our updates to GB looks alot better now hehe
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Yeah, hopefully this allows for a bug-free Gingerbread/Sense ROM on our mt4g's.
I take away two things from this. First, it shows just how much T-Mobile SUCKS. Why they insist on having a fugly, customized (read bastardized) version of Sense on their HTC phones. Second, why they can't come out with a Gingerbread update in a timely manner is beyond me. The EVO will have Gingerbread in two months, and that phone isn't near as powerful and came out long before the MT4G! Rant over.
This is actually awesome news. This could give us the kernel source we've been waiting for forever, in addition to a ROM that can be directly ported (much like the Desire HD ROMs).
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I take away two things from this. First, it shows just how much T-Mobile SUCKS. Why they insist on having a fugly, customized (read bastardized) version of Sense on their HTC phones. Second, why they can't come out with a Gingerbread update in a timely manner is beyond me. The EVO will have Gingerbread in two months, and that phone isn't near as powerful and came out long before the MT4G! Rant over.
This is actually awesome news. This could give us the kernel source we've been waiting for forever, in addition to a ROM that can be directly ported (much like the Desire HD ROMs).
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Actually the mt4g will get gingerbread, its been confirmed by tmonews!
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Actually the mt4g will get gingerbread, its been confirmed by tmonews!
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Yes I know, that's why in my second paragraph I express my happiness about that development.
i think he means mt4g us is getting an ota update, could be wrong though.
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i think he means mt4g us is getting an ota update, could be wrong though.
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If it takes till June the Mobilicity HTC Emerald will hopefully be out before then.
And it's running the nicer (IMO) version of Sense!
2.3 is already scheduled for Q2
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I love tmobile's twist on sense, I never stay on another ROM (Cyanogen, Desire ports, or anything) cuz they're not like our stock sense. Even if it compromises speed/memory or something, I doubt it's not much what with all the power our phone has. Just my opinion, so an official tmobile release is gonna be rad!
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If it takes till June the Mobilicity HTC Emerald will hopefully be out before then.
And it's running the nicer (IMO) version of Sense!
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Doesn't matter if Canada have new sense its still sense 2.1 we have alot of roms running Sense 2.1. We just need the kernel and the lib so we can fix all Sense 2.3.3
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Doesn't matter if Canada have new sense its still sense 2.1 we have alot of roms running Sense 2.1. We just need the kernel and the lib so we can fix all Sense 2.3.3
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Good point, yeah all you need is the kernel. Point is it will be out before the update is pushed to T-Mo users.
theres a new ROM now that has the 2.3 update .
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/05/11/a...ail-at-mobilicity-for-499-99-launch-imminent/
They'll be calling it the HTC "Panache".
I noticed the Genius button is gone, back to a plain old search button.
I hope they don't lock down this variant as stringently as the Incredible S. I wonder if there's any hardware differences that'd make it incompatible with a RUU from the MT4G?
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I'm currently using the ROM right now and I think it runs great.
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AndrewAD3 said:
I'm currently using the ROM right now and I think it runs great.
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Stock Sense is less hungry than Mysense/espresso IMHO. Mysense has genius plus other crap in the background compared to stock so it uses more ram.
Ace42 said:
Stock Sense is less hungry than Mysense/espresso IMHO. Mysense has genius plus other crap in the background compared to stock so it uses more ram.
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Sense has to be the most streamlined custom UI out there.
eliasadrian said:
I love tmobile's twist on sense, I never stay on another ROM (Cyanogen, Desire ports, or anything) cuz they're not like our stock sense. Even if it compromises speed/memory or something, I doubt it's not much what with all the power our phone has. Just my opinion, so an official tmobile release is gonna be rad!
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Aosp is quite a bit faster and leaner. Phone runs well on stock sense but I've been on cm7 for 5 months and I'm not looking back.
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HTC Panache Rom
You can install this rom from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079091
Is the Stock version of HTC Panache / HTC Emerald of Canada.
Work Great!
If you want to install the Royal Panache with a few mods ...
Install from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074783
I've really been itching to get back to a 4.3 inch screen after sacrificing my EVO, and I'm finally starting to feel the age of my MT4G. Cannot wait to get into the new dual-core scene, and it looks like S-OFF is almost here! I found one unlocked and brand new for less than $450 (should come out to an even $200 after selling my MT4G), and I get to examine it in person before I commit to buy! Can't wait!
Nice! The big screen def. is alot better, I too came from the MT4G. I think you getting it at the right time, looks like s-off is just around the corner.
Oh yeah another myTouch user to the sensation. Welcome.
The first time you play with the phone, you're going to be amazed at the screen resolution. It took me 2 days to get used to it.
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I think I'm going to get one on Friday. I currently have a g2x,but the sensation seems to be all around the better device. And I like bigger screens. Hows battery life been?
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Battery lifes great if you tweak the settings and such and then if youre feeling brave you can try temp rooting it. Then disabling all the bloat and sense launcher. Other then that the screen is really nice! Coming from a htc hero the difference is staggering obviously
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This thing is fantastic! I definitely need to temp root so I can restore my apps with Titanium.
I can pick up 2 HTC Sensation's tomorrow
Can't await!!!
It's gonna be awesome!!!
I got it! Lol straight up trade for my g2x. This phone is great so far. I just have to get used to sense. Always had a stock android phone.
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I got it! Lol straight up trade for my g2x. This phone is great so far. I just have to get used to sense. Always had a stock android phone.
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We're close to S-OFF! Then the CM team will hopefully jump all over it.
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We're close to S-OFF! Then the CM team will hopefully jump all over it.
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I can't wait. I'm so glad that someone unlocked the bootloader. That was pretty much the reason I didn't buy this phone when I got the g2x.
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We're close to S-OFF! Then the CM team will hopefully jump all over it.
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You want a Rom without sense 3.0??? Why is that?
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You want a Rom without sense 3.0??? Why is that?
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Because Sense is a bloated piece of trash. I am dying for some CyanogenMod love right now.
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Because Sense is a bloated piece of trash. I am dying for some CyanogenMod love right now.
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Or any Rom at this point lol
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Because Sense is a bloated piece of trash. I am dying for some CyanogenMod love right now.
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When's the last time you actually used it? I thought the same, too, until I actually started using Sense. Are you just saying that because it's the cool nerd thing to say or because that's how you actually feel after using Sense?
And Sense is not just a launcher or a skin. It does a bunch of great things CM doesn't just yet.
I bought my Sensation with the intent of just slapping CM7 on it but in a way, I'm glad S-OFF isn't here yet. I would have probably jumped right back into CM and LauncherPro and not given Sense a chance. I'll stick with Sense for now. It's pretty good.
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When's the last time you actually used it? I thought the same, too, until I actually started using Sense. Are you just saying that because it's the cool nerd thing to say or because that's how you actually feel after using Sense?
And Sense is not just a launcher or a skin. It does a bunch of great things CM doesn't just yet.
I bought my Sensation with the intent of just slapping CM7 on it but in a way, I'm glad S-OFF isn't here yet. I would have probably jumped right back into CM and LauncherPro and not given Sense a chance. I'll stick with Sense for now. It's pretty good.
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why lot of people dont like sense? One of the reason i like android better than iphone is because of the sense widget. Other launchers do not have widgets like sense. and its funny that no one is making useful widgets like the ones by HTC in the market which is also surprising...
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When's the last time you actually used it? I thought the same, too, until I actually started using Sense. Are you just saying that because it's the cool nerd thing to say or because that's how you actually feel after using Sense?
And Sense is not just a launcher or a skin. It does a bunch of great things CM doesn't just yet.
I bought my Sensation with the intent of just slapping CM7 on it but in a way, I'm glad S-OFF isn't here yet. I would have probably jumped right back into CM and LauncherPro and not given Sense a chance. I'll stick with Sense for now. It's pretty good.
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I used Sense on the Hero, EVO (until CM), the MT4G (just for a bit to see what Sense 3.0 looked like when it was released), and now I'm being forced to use it on the Sensation. I can confidently say that Sense ROMs absolutely suck compared to CyanogenMod, and I would never use one given the choice.
Please list the "great things" that I can do with Sense but not CM. So far I've only found the ability to drain my battery much more quickly.
sundar_amn said:
why lot of people dont like sense? One of the reason i like android better than iphone is because of the sense widget. Other launchers do not have widgets like sense. and its funny that no one is making useful widgets like the ones by HTC in the market which is also surprising...
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Sense slows down your phone's performance and drains the battery much too quickly. List ANY widget that HTC makes, and I will give you an alternative for use with ADW or LP (which both blow the Sense launcher out of the water in terms of the ability to be customized).
What does cyanogen mod do that sense cant? Apart from giving you an incredibly laggy launcher from adw.
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What does cyanogen mod do that sense cant? Apart from giving you an incredibly laggy launcher from adw.
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1. You can use ANY launcher with CM.
2. ADW's default settings make it laggy on some phones. Easily fixed by changing them yourself.
3. Here are just some of their advertised main features. Not including things like native tethering, native screenshots, full Bluetooth compatibility, and you can read the rest yourself.
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.
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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.
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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...
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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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Haha, that's a good point.
over the past few onths i have gone from the mt4g to the sidekick 4g, to the g2x, to the nexus s. what i have learned is that no matter how nice a phone looks it will never beat an htc. the only reason i would ever leave this phone again is for the amaze or sensation.
htc's sense is by far the best ui there is and there is not a single app that can even come close to replicating it. trust me if you get rid of it you will regret it!!
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platypuss94 said:
over the past few onths i have gone from the mt4g to the sidekick 4g, to the g2x, to the nexus s. what i have learned is that no matter how nice a phone looks it will never beat an htc. the only reason i would ever leave this phone again is for the amaze or sensation.
htc's sense is by far the best ui there is and there is not a single app that can even come close to replicating it. trust me if you get rid of it you will regret it!!
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is the nexus s that bad ? i REALLY wanted that phone , now i have hopes on getting a galaxy nexus. but i think one upgrade i will die for , is probally for the mytouch 4G slide aka the doubleshot , that phone is amazing.
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+1
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jjbat87 said:
is the nexus s that bad ? i REALLY wanted that phone , now i have hopes on getting a galaxy nexus. but i think one upgrade i will die for , is probally for the mytouch 4G slide aka the doubleshot , that phone is amazing.
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if you ask me, i say yes. but, i'm pretty biased toward samsuck products, so i guess my opinions aren't very accurate. though, i DO have to admit, the Galaxy Nexus is pretty nice
lol why not the HTC Sensation? or even the Amaze?
also +1 on what the OP said, MT4G really is a beast phone. THANK YOU HTC!
Im planning to get windows phone when i bored with mt4g. The only thing i love from sense is its quality of its software. Best GUI ever on android phone. But ithink metro ui is thebest gui ever found on a phone.
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Alot of phones look bad ass on paper but suck after launch. Will have to wait a bit to see what the galaxy nexus is made of. The name alone is retarded.
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samsung makes some pretty cool phones but i dont need to be near a computer to flash a rom with my HTC. Thats what will keep me an HTC customer. Motorola and Samsung need to get their act together when it comes to root access.
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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Qtf
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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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I'd agree with that. The hardware specs allow it to run any custom ROM extremely well, but the stock "mySense" ROM leaves a lot to be desired.
TeeJay3800 said:
I'd agree with that. The hardware specs allow it to run any custom ROM extremely well, but the stock "mySense" ROM leaves a lot to be desired.
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That's a lie! I just came from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I miss my phone like crazy
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kikbuttcheerleader said:
That's a lie! I just came from a Samsung Galaxy S2 and I miss my phone like crazy
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What was so good about it? I know the processor is better but what's so good about that phone?
From what I've seen I dont like the GUI on that phone
I like this phone bc we have a lot of different roms to choose from and its all around a good fast stable phone
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It depends on what you want in a phone. Since I don't really consider myself a power user, the MT4G has been close to perfect for me in terms of having fairly high-end hardware (remember, the majority of mainstream phones out there aren't very good even though we consider 1GHz and WVGA to be bare minimum requirements) at an acceptable price point.
What matters most to me is an active developer community because there was no way in hell regardless of what phone I got that I was going to keep the stock ROM. With all this Carrier IQ crap going on now, I had the right mindset all along and also got lucky that the Virtuous team removes Carrier IQ from their ROMs, which is good because I do like the Sense UI. However, I won't call myself an HTC fan. I'm only loyal to a product that works as I expect or want it to work, and I'm not that impressed with what I'm reading about HTC's newest phones. In addition, the Amaze reportedly has Carrier IQ. Fine and easy for people here to remove it, but not for the regular smartphone user.
If you told me to recommend a current new phone on the market compatible with T-Mobile's network for the non-rooter/flasher, I would recommend the Galaxy Nexus for AOSP's lack of spyware, even if that means having to wait at least another week for it in the US.
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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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I agree. When I first got the mt4g I got bored quickly. Then I rooted and I fell in love.
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aysiu said:
In all fairness, the MyTouch 4G is terrible... until you root it and put a new rom on.
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+1 that and +1 the op. When rooted the mytouch 4g is one of the best phones out there. Like other people said the only thing I'd even think about trading it for is am Amaze or Sensation.
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I loved my mytouch since day one. in my opinion I don't think its the phone jus more of the software. Sense phones period are the best. Unlike asop, you have the best of both worlds (when rooted that is).
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I agree 100%. I went from a mytouch 3G 1.2 to a Galaxy S 4G and even though the Galaxy was much faster and smoother compared to the Mytouch 3G, it was difficult to root and the aftermarket ROMs for it are basically variations of the same stock TouchWiz rom. I found myself longing for my clunky old mytouch 3G.
I agree with the OP that I will never go with anything but an HTC phone from this point forward.
The funny thing about it is that Android advocates are always talking about specs and iPhone people are always harping on user experience because their phones are generally out-speced by the latest Android phones. I hate to say it but the MT4G sort of proves the Apple people right. Other phones that were released at the same time as the MT4G had better specs and even better testing scores but I can say from first hand experience that the MyTouch out performs most of them for everyday use, even with the stock rom installed.