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[APP]** AOSP Style Contacts/Dialer APK**

AOSP Style Contacts/Dialer APK​
I have a simple request. I will be purchasing the HTC Sensation 4G in a few days and we all know that for the most part root isn't available. As a result, I will be forced to use HTC Sense 3.0 until root is established and Custom Roms become available. I will probably use ADW EX as my launcher, but I will be stuck with the HTC Sense Dialer/Contacts. Is there any brave soul out there that can create a dialer/Contact apk that is the same as the AOSP version that can be installed without root? There are a few mods/fixes out there that require root to move the dialer.apk to the main system folder etc but obviously since the Sensation doesn't have root yet I will not be able to use those. I ABSOLUTELY HATE THE STOCK HTC DIALER & CONTACTS APPS... I am willing to donate to the person that figures this out....also I'm sure I am not the only person interested in this so uploading the apk to the android market could prove profitable for you also? Here are some examples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=539752
AND
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=871787&highlight=contacts+aosp
Remember it has to be installed "Unknown Sources" style or a market link etc....

I am as well! I absolutely hate the HTC Dialer/Contacts. I urge manufacturers to stop messing with the GOOD AOSP apps!

I agree.... I hate the HTC dialer.
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Guys, look at my very soon to be released ROM...NoClutterSense...the dialer and lots of other HTC apps have been replaced with the AOSP counterparts. My ROM thread is here.

I have used RocketDial on my phones in the past and love it.
There is a free version but, support the Dev and get the full version
you won't be sorry.
https://market.android.com/details?id=intelgeen.rocketdial.pro&feature=search_result

Damitu said:
I have used RocketDial on my phones in the past and love it.
There is a free version but, support the Dev and get the full version
you won't be sorry.
https://market.android.com/details?id=intelgeen.rocketdial.pro&feature=search_result
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Just installed this & like it a lot- but is there a way to disable the stock caller ID screen? It pops up & the RocketDial's pops up & I have to hit answer on both before the call connects.

i too would love a stock/aosp dialer for the sensation.

Now Fixed, just have to re-size & it's working fine on the Sensation I love me some Stock Dialer. http://twitpic.com/648vs4
Still working on it, but it wont be installable via apk install nor market & so on...
The version I'm working on has to be a full replacement app..

eugene373 said:
Now Fixed, just have to re-size & it's working fine on the Sensation I love me some Stock Dialer. http://twitpic.com/648vs4
Still working on it, but it wont be installable via apk install nor market & so on...
The version I'm working on has to be a full replacement app..
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please share

nccu_eagles said:
please share
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Working on the Size issue still, but almost done.

Thank you for the work, I will be downloading too when ready
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just got my Sensation four days ago, so pls excuse the newbie question.
does this AOSP.apk change the dialer on phone or is it a stand alone.

Ohh.. Me WANT! =] thanks eugene!

Well, I think I'm done with the Dialer... Should have it posted tonight. http://twitpic.com/65195h

eugene373 said:
Well, I think I'm done with the Dialer... Should have it posted tonight. http://twitpic.com/65195h
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Are you kidding????
You're the best. Big Thanks.

eugene373 said:
Well, I think I'm done with the Dialer... Should have it posted tonight. http://twitpic.com/65195h
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You always amaze me. Next up getting a working aosp SMS. Lol.
Eugene did you work on the galaxy as well,?
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AOSP SMS has already been done. Ill find it and post it for u when I get on a computer
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Ohh cant wait come on eugene! =]

xSunny said:
Ohh cant wait come on eugene! =]
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I'll be uploading it in the morning... I had to edit:
~ Stock Contacts from CM7 source
~ HtcDialer
~ HtcContacts
~ Framework-res
~ Com.HTC.Framework-res
Frankly I'm tired & at this point I'm not ever sure what Rom I edited to make it work at this point lol... Soon I promise though.

eugene373 said:
I'll be uploading it in the morning... I had to edit:
~ Stock Contacts from CM7 source
~ HtcDialer
~ HtcContacts
~ Framework-res
~ Com.HTC.Framework-res
Frankly I'm tired & at this point I'm not ever sure what Rom I edited to make it work at this point lol... Soon I promise though.
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You are a king!!!
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[Q] Sense Force Closes

Anyone else beside me getting alot of force closes with sense? For some reason I am getting them too often.

I had a few. I switched to launcher pro and have not had any more issues.
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Not a single one. Not on any of my apps as a matter of fact.
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thats strange. i just got mine yesterday and have had a few. kinda annoying at times.

I think someone in another thread said a hard reset fixed it for him. I think, when I get my phone, the first thing I will do is give it a hard reset. Then, if I have problems, I'll know a hard reset won't fix it since I already did one.

Nah, I haven't had any and my Sensation is going on 3 days straight without a reboot or using a task killer app. It's still running smooth with over 250 mb of free memory.

durtyjoe said:
Anyone else beside me getting alot of force closes with sense? For some reason I am getting them too often.
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I was having Sense FC issues like every 5 minutes, it all started when I changed "Scenes". I did a factory reset and a battery pull and I haven't had a FC in 24 hours. I also haven't changed "Scenes" yet either. I think I like the previous version of Sense more than 3.0, but I am not complaining not even a little bit. I love this friggin phone!

been having this issue also, i disabled the sync and it hasnt happened since.

I've been having a ton of Sense FCs, might have to do the hardreset.... no biggie I guess as long as it fixes it.

*Sensation is one I find it most beneficial devices about a month after release. If you have other devices that use lines of previous HTC devices or reading about it on the xda, but that device error more than Sensation.
*Sensation errors on mainly by the software (ROM). Sensation's hardware have to say is excellent. I think the errors of Sensation after being unlocked bootloader will be fixed (Rom, Kernel, Driver ....)

nice. thanks for the input everyone.

so where are we on this?
What are the conclusions?:
1:Hard reset ... I'd like it to be my last resort. But did it work for you guys?
2:someone on another thread recommended changing from Sense to adw
3: anything else?
I iniataly thought sense was dropped from memory, but I saw in parameters somewhere that it runs in protected area so ca be the culprit at least alone.
There's got to be a better answer!
I'm quiet positive that it has to do with badly written widget or app.
Now how could we approach this?:
could we list all our linked apps??
Any better idea??
This has to be fixed!

I have the same problem with mine.
Sense looks the part but the white screen with logo + loading annoyes me too...
Did you get the problem solved one way or another?
It is, in my opinion, the only downside on my Sensation XE
Greetz
Hal_rr said:
so where are we on this?
What are the conclusions?:
1:Hard reset ... I'd like it to be my last resort. But did it work for you guys?
2:someone on another thread recommended changing from Sense to adw
3: anything else?
I iniataly thought sense was dropped from memory, but I saw in parameters somewhere that it runs in protected area so ca be the culprit at least alone.
There's got to be a better answer!
I'm quiet positive that it has to do with badly written widget or app.
Now how could we approach this?:
could we list all our linked apps??
Any better idea??
This has to be fixed!
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durtyjoe said:
Anyone else beside me getting alot of force closes with sense? For some reason I am getting them too often.
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Are you on ICS, if so move all your apps to phone memory sense will force close.

At this point my phone is on standard software as delivered by HTC. Should I move all added programs to internal memory or move as much as possible to memory-card ? Thanks in advance for your answer.
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Koenhen said:
At this point my phone is on standard software as delivered by HTC. Should I move all added programs to internal memory or move as much as possible to memory-card ? Thanks in advance for your answer.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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I need info about your sense version and android version. If it is v3.6 and ICS then you must move all apps to internal memory.

It is on Android 2.3.4 and HTC Sense 3.0.
Are there newer versions available? Auto updates is "on" in setup so i would think phone should update itself ? Greetz and thanks for your aswer.
musarraf172 said:
I need info about your sense version and android version. If it is v3.6 and ICS then you must move all apps to internal memory.
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With too many apps open it happens again. Must be a memory and closing sense-problem. Is there no possibility to select programs like Sense and 3g-watchdog to remain allways open? Movings apps back to internal memory seems not possible with the software I've got....
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Koenhen said:
With too many apps open it happens again. Must be a memory and closing sense-problem. Is there no possibility to select programs like Sense and 3g-watchdog to remain allways open? Movings apps back to internal memory seems not possible with the software I've got....
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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If you ever find à solution, let us know.
I wrote to HTC and got an answer: in summary wipe all out and restart!
Kind of a joke.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA

Best solution is to root and S-off so you can flash another ROM like Viper S1.1.0
This is wat better than stock!
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[Q] Help me choose a custom ROM?

Hi all
I know other people have posted similar threads, but not with (somewhat obviously) the same personal requirements. Here's what I'm looking for:
1) A ROM compatible with the O2 UK network.. yes, I know it pretty much should be anyway, but I've used an O2 ROM on my Desire S in the past and the voicemail speeddial was set to the Spanish number. It's unlikely to be an issue assuming I can set the speeddial assigned to 1 on the keypad - but still.. My voicemail number is 901.
2) No custom screens - ie. I don't want it to be apparent that the phone is running a custom ROM, so no personalised loadup screens (although I'm possibly open to different icons assuming I can see what they look like before I install the ROM).
3) Bloatware removed. I don't even have any intention of using Facebook or Twitter.
4) General speed improvements alongside greater stability, if possible.
5) Optimum battery life! At the moment, I get three days at a stretch out of my Sensation with no background data and light to medium useage. I conditioned the battery to get this and am fairly happy with it, but would like a very comfortable three days if possible. I think I easily got this before I installed the latest official software update and now no longer do.
Is that all hoping for too much? Thanks for your help in advance.
schnide

EddyOS 2.08 rom, pretty much stock but bloat free and with a couple improvements.
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CM7. Change the boot animation and you're good to go.

sergeybrin said:
CM7. Change the boot animation and you're good to go.
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+1
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Thanks for this - is it simple to do?

sergeybrin said:
CM7. Change the boot animation and you're good to go.
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Thanks for this - is it simple to do?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302969
GREAT ROM!!!
Not sure about voice mail...

Yeah, cm7, and it's not going to be obvious phone is modded. Lol. (sarcastic)
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

Now, people have asked you to use normal colour for text but you still use cyan, so from now on every post of yours I come across will be reported if it's in cyan. Please, there is absolutely no need for that colour to be used all the time.
sergeybrin said:
CM7. Change the boot animation and you're good to go.
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tinky1 said:
Now, people have asked you to use normal colour for text but you still use cyan, so from now on every post of yours I come across will be reported if it's in cyan. Please, there is absolutely no need for that colour to be used all the time.
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
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I second that motion! We all know that you love Cyanogen, but please for the love of God! use another color!

CyanogenMod on T-Mobile HTC Sensation 4G [Pics]

Hey guys just wanted to show you some screenshots of the famous CyanogenMod. I am running version 7.1.0. I haven't had any real problems with the ROM yet and i have been running it for about a month. Only thing i have really noticed is that it won't vibrate when i get a text message... even when its on vibrate. Another thing that bugs me is that you do not have the option to set a Live Wallpaper... but you get over it. The kernel i am using is the stock kernel with this ROM... I am wanting to flash a 1.5GHZ kernel, but i never seem to have that much luck flashing kernels and always get stuck at the boot screen. This ROM is plenty fast enough and very smooth on the stock kernel. I also get amazing battery life. Check out the thumbnails below.

Um...not sure what to say. CM7 has been out for the Sensation for a couple months.

aNYthing24 said:
Um...not sure what to say. CM7 has been out for the Sensation for a couple months.
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Just play along. Poor little guy thinks he has an exclusive rom. lol! Nice rom there fella..... I'm very jealous, no my phone has no such thing .

You guys really don't need to be jerks...
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Pvt WhoOkid said:
Just play along. Poor little guy thinks he has an exclusive rom. lol! Nice rom there fella..... I'm very jealous, no my phone has no such thing .
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Damn, thought he had dibs on CM9, but all I see is 7

I know it has been out for awhile... i just got my phone like 2 months ago... and wait a month to root it then decided this was the best rom and just wanted to post a couple pics... thanks for the nice warm welcome to the site guys below... :/

awil95 said:
Hey guys just wanted to show you some screenshots of the famous CyanogenMod. I am running version 7.1.0. I haven't had any real problems with the ROM yet and i have been running it for about a month. Only thing i have really noticed is that it won't vibrate when i get a text message... even when its on vibrate. Another thing that bugs me is that you do not have the option to set a Live Wallpaper... but you get over it. The kernel i am using is the stock kernel with this ROM... I am wanting to flash a 1.5GHZ kernel, but i never seem to have that much luck flashing kernels and always get stuck at the boot screen. This ROM is plenty fast enough and very smooth on the stock kernel. I also get amazing battery life. Check out the thumbnails below.
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For the messaging vibrate problem check the notification setting in the messaging app.
For the live wallpapers check the 3rd post in the HyperSensation topic.

Thank you for the help.

krnchicken753 said:
For the messaging vibrate problem check the notification setting in the messaging app.
For the live wallpapers check the 3rd post in the HyperSensation topic.
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Thanks for the help.

awil95 said:
I know it has been out for awhile... i just got my phone like 2 months ago... and wait a month to root it then decided this was the best rom and just wanted to post a couple pics... thanks for the nice warm welcome to the site guys below... :/
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I didn't mean to come off as rude, but I was just confused by what you were trying to convey. My apologies, hopefully you enjoy CM7 as much as I have.

aNYthing24 said:
I didn't mean to come off as rude, but I was just confused by what you were trying to convey. My apologies, hopefully you enjoy CM7 as much as I have.
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Thanks. I am about to flash the 1.73ghz faux kernel. I hope it goes well.
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nice set up you have there bro : thumbsup:
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awil95 said:
Thanks. I am about to flash the 1.73ghz faux kernel. I hope it goes well.
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Just saw you had troubles getting your phone to boot after a kernel flash. Do you wipe cache and dalvik before you reboot ? If not, that might be the reason it gets stuck in a loopboot.

Mercvtio said:
Just saw you had troubles getting your phone to boot after a kernel flash. Do you wipe cache and dalvik before you reboot ? If not, that might be the reason it gets stuck in a loopboot.
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I just flashed the 1.73ghz faux kernel and i got it to work. =) i also attached a thumbnail of SetCPU showing the clock speed.

Nice let us know how it performs. I'm on HD Rom now with 1.56Ghz Kernel. Happy with the phone as is but always looking for potential improvements. Particularly I want more "4G" speed, not sure there's much I can do about that though.

Meh cm7 was cool when I had a slow phone
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk

Why but a sense equipped phone and then downgrade it with ugly CM7? You should really have bought a samsung, at least then the ugliness would be vivid, very bright and have a greenish tinge.
But if thats your preference, enjoy it - We are all different after all

aNYthing24 said:
Um...not sure what to say. CM7 has been out for the Sensation for a couple months.
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Feeling kind of foolish, but after double-checking the Cyanogen forums, I'm not seeing it. Where should us noobs be looking for CM7 for the Sensation/4G?

computerslayer said:
Feeling kind of foolish, but after double-checking the Cyanogen forums, I'm not seeing it. Where should us noobs be looking for CM7 for the Sensation/4G?
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Look here on the site...Perhaps the development section for sensation...
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try this
HyperSensation
its a modified CM7 which works better in a lot of ways in my experience
or if you prefer the original one here it is

Replace Sense w stock ICS lock screen, no apk needed

Thought I'd share a little trick I found in the HTC Rezound forum... turns out you can easily peel off the Sense-style lock screen and leave your One X with clean-looking stock ICS lock. You simply need to rename /system/app/HtcLockScreen.apk to something else, reboot, and voila, Sense doesn't skin it. I renamed it using adb shell.
It doesn't work perfectly however... I've already found a couple bugs where incoming calls don't show up on the screen (only in the status bar), and if you use something like Google Music that is supposed to add controls to the lock screen, only a black background is shown. I'm sure these functions are supposed to be handled by the Sense Lock UI which is no longer there. Maybe somebody smarter than me can figure out how to fix, or maybe this is just a useless crippled hack.
Original Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1460966

Awesome!!
Too bad about the music on the locscreen though

Sense has always been able to do that
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iceman99393 said:
Sense has always been able to do that
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Sure, but there hasn't been any mention of it in the HOX forums, and this is the first phone with Sense4, which is why I linked to it here after finding this neat-o trick. That is all.

This is really cool, I'll definitely have to get around to trying it out sometime soon.
Thanks for sharing!
Sent from my HTC One X

antennae said:
Sure, but there hasn't been any mention of it in the HOX forums, and this is the first phone with Sense4, which is why I linked to it here after finding this neat-o trick. That is all.
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Probably because most people know the "trick". That's just my guess tho.
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Good this trick with with anything else? Like the dialer, calender, it launcher itself?

ethomas94 said:
Good this trick with with anything else? Like the dialer, calender, it launcher itself?
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Most likely not but I wonder
Sent from my HTC One XL

I noticed the post you linked to said the camera shortcut doesn't work for that device. It's nice that it works for ours

ethomas94 said:
Good this trick with with anything else? Like the dialer, calender, it launcher itself?
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I doubt it, most of HTC's other apps are complete replacements of stock, whereas the Sense lockscreen is really just a skin sitting on top of ICS.
So it makes sense why incoming calls, texts, etc. using HTC's stock apps don't show up on the ICS lockscreen (they want to be handled by HTC's skin)....but I'm not sure why Google Music won't show controls since it isn't an HTC app. Curious!

Nice tip! Thanks for the info!