I know this might get moved, but I just want some devs to see it, and if they were intrested in porting the UI over, that would be great.
If anything just tell me what I need and Ill do it myself, I just need some help learning.
Hopefully some others would like to see this on the Sensation, just to have more of a varity, aside the normal Sense UI and the upcoming AOSP ports.
Q&A Section buddy,q&a..
Are there any ROMS for 4g that run 2.3.4? I'll give it a go if there is..
EDIT: Ill download the rom for the mytouch 4g and try to port but i reckon it'll have to be at a lower DPI and will probably take a fair time to get all working as i have not attempted to port a ROM for this...Have for the Magic and hero but it was a while ago..
The espresso is the 3G slide, and it only has an HVGA resolution. It's UI is just an older version of Sense- in fact it only recently got the upgrade to 2.2.
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The espresso is the 3G slide, and it only has an HVGA resolution. It's UI is just an older version of Sense- in fact it only recently got the upgrade to 2.2.
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Espresso was the internal code name for the MT3G Slide. It is also the name used to refer to tmo's customized sense ui.
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Im downloading a MT4GS Rom to try to port, see how it goes
Expresso is just as bad as touchwiz 3.0
Just an update, i got the MT4G Rom to boot up,sadly ALOT of FC's and resolution is crazy! Ill keep going at it though.
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Just an update, i got the MT4G Rom to boot up,sadly ALOT of FC's and resolution is crazy! Ill keep going at it though.
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You would have to edit alot of images and do a lot of image optimization.
Then you would also have to edit the htc.resources.apk a lot, its a doooseyy
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Hi, I recently have been so obsessed with the espresso and sense integration on the mytouch 3g slide. The bubble icons and all of those different customizations are great! Nobody has created a Rom of this for the nexus one? I would actually trade my nexus for it if it had a 3.7 inch screen and not a 3.4. A major difference to me.
Prob one will be out once code for froyo drops! It's getting the update to froyo in a few weeks!
I just bought my girl the Slide to replace her G1 and I have to say I really do like the UI and features, if it came to the Nexus, I'd probably use it.
Espresso ROM here for N1: http://thedroidsector.com/roms?id=57
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Espresso you mean?
Kingklick did one back in Feburay. It's not bad actually. Maybe you can bug him to pick it back up and finish it since its still in beta he says. I think he stopped on it because the Desire was more "in" and demanded more than Espresso.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635783&highlight=espresso
I don't care for the Sense UI but it looks much better than the Hero/Desire Sense UI.
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Espresso you mean?
Kingklick did one back in Feburay. It's not bad actually. Maybe you can bug him to pick it back up and finish it since its still in beta he says. I think he stopped on it because the Desire was more "in" and demanded more than Espresso.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635783&highlight=espresso
I don't care for the Sense UI but it looks much better than the Hero/Desire Sense UI.
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The Espresso ROM you guys keep posting is not the one that HTC specially customized for the Slide. I haven't tested it myself, but I am a sure it isn't - I believe it is that one that was leaked forever ago. Also if it was it, King would have titled Slide2Nexus or something similar. I don't even believe the Slide was announced then.
Therefore it isn't really what the OP is looking for.
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thanks for yall help. and thats right... i am not going to flash an alpha and probably isnt the my touch slide expresso UI.. scared to brick or something and imma just keep running the froyo rom from modaco
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The Espresso ROM you guys keep posting is not the one that HTC specially customized for the Slide. I haven't tested it myself, but I am a sure it isn't - I believe it is that one that was leaked forever ago. Also if it was it, King would have titled Slide2Nexus or something similar. I don't even believe the Slide was announced then.
Therefore it isn't really what the OP is looking for.
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OP asked for Espresso Rom, it was provided, sorry for trying to assist. He didn't ask for the Slide Espresso, just stated he likes it and wanted an Espresso Rom.
King didn't title it Slide2Nexus probably because the rom was leaked from a phone of unknown origin and name. So it became Espresso2Nexus instead. Maybe he should of called it Unknown2Nexus instead?
HTC myTouch Slide codename is Espresso... wonder if that means anything. As far as I know, no other phone officially runs the Espresso UI. So its safe to say (I think) that it came from an early developed myTouch Slide.
Kings Espresso rom looks and acts just like the myTouch Slide with a few apps missing. It has the pretty bubbles around the icons and a sleek looking launcher. It's been months since I ran it but from the reviews of the MTS, it looks the same.
When it's time I could see a 2.2 Expresso ROM in the future for the N1. I can't wait!
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OP asked for Espresso Rom, it was provided, sorry for trying to assist. He didn't ask for the Slide Espresso, just stated he likes it and wanted an Espresso Rom.
King didn't title it Slide2Nexus probably because the rom was leaked from a phone of unknown origin and name. So it became Espresso2Nexus instead. Maybe he should of called it Unknown2Nexus instead?
HTC myTouch Slide codename is Espresso... wonder if that means anything. As far as I know, no other phone officially runs the Espresso UI. So its safe to say (I think) that it came from an early developed myTouch Slide.
Kings Espresso rom looks and acts just like the myTouch Slide with a few apps missing. It has the pretty bubbles around the icons and a sleek looking launcher. It's been months since I ran it but from the reviews of the MTS, it looks the same.
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when I used HTC Magic, once I flashed an Espresso Rom, it was fancy especially its dialer and contacts. But that rom was buggy. But now switching to N1, I really hop to use Espresso even it is buggy. Hope someone could cook one for us haha
Has this ROM been abandoned?
No updates in a while.
I too have a girlfriend with the mytouch and love hte sense ui its packin.
ESPECIALLY the lock-screen music controls!!
I noticed that HTC posted source code of Froyo 2.6.32 kernel for HTC Wildfire. Will it be possible to make some changes to it and make a port for 32A HTC Magic? Specs of both phones are very similar. If somebody can do it, this should make perfect Android 2.2 with Sense ROM or plain 2.2 ROM for Magic that will work with a new 6.35 radio.
I would really appreciate input of experienced Android XDA hackers on this. Thank you in advance.
if you search you will see i have started a port but no one is trying to help, and you have to resize everything due different resolutions
Can be used instead of images in the Magic do not have to resize. ?
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we have to take the images used in wildfire, find them in the desire files and rezies those down wildfire and desire have android 2.2 sense so they both have same images, but you cannot size up form widlfire, you have to size down from desire and put in the wildfire files
Yes, I see. thx man
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may i help you ?...
i have been meaning to do that but been busy doing kernels but if you do please upload it somewhere so we can improve the port i started
Is it possible to port wildfire 2.2 rom to Magic even without sense? Would it work better then the ones based on AOSP or CM?
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if you search you will see i have started a port but no one is trying to help, and you have to resize everything due different resolutions
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Hi capychimp, is it this thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801435.
Is it better/faster to change/port the mytouch 1.2 32B? I heard it got 2.2 OTA
no one got a link for that update so it is not here yet
I'm thinking a hybrid of the two might be nice. KaosLegendary for the Eris was straight copied over without reszing and many expressed that they liked the smaller sized menus and less obtrusive launcher. I'd be all for fixing the stuff that needs to be fixed like the keyboard from the WF being shrunk and port over the Legend version and keep the small other stuff.
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Is it possible to port wildfire 2.2 rom to Magic even without sense? Would it work better then the ones based on AOSP or CM?
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No, because they've still got the HTC framework built in, so what you're getting is AOSP + a ton of crap from HTC, rather than *just* AOSP. I think you can imagine which would work better.
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I'm thinking a hybrid of the two might be nice. KaosLegendary for the Eris was straight copied over without reszing and many expressed that they liked the smaller sized menus and less obtrusive launcher. I'd be all for fixing the stuff that needs to be fixed like the keyboard from the WF being shrunk and port over the Legend version and keep the small other stuff.
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If you want smaller menus and text, use LCD changer. Each to their own, but the launcher looks borked. I think calling it less obtrusive is just like calling a bug, a feature
resizing problems solved
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841811
yeah but a huge porting issue comes along with it it is not easy this time
hey Capy
I can help you too, but I think many people would really like to try a version even without Sense. I personally could not care less for Sense...I'm running LauncherPro on Bludy's Senseless ROM.
Just remove rosie.apk when its done.
IMO the focus should be on getting it to run rather than stripping down sense.
so true eyegor
I'm really going to check back here alot and see how you all get along with this.
If i were more skilled with things like this i would offer my help right away.
Can I ask for an HTC Sense 2.1 rom? I really find the Sense 3.0 rosie a hassle and the carousel, though pretty cool, gets annoying when I need to quickly scroll to a certain homescreen. Also I prefer the smooth basic screen transitions of Sense 2.1 as opposed to the 3D effect transition on Sense 3.0 roms.
Actually, IMO, the best rom would be an HTC Sense 2.1 with Sense 3.0 features (lockscreen mainly) fusion. Can anyone make it happen? (aka Undeadk9)
FOR A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT I'M SAYING, here's a Tmobile G2/HTC Desire Z running an HTC 2.1 base+3.0 rom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ-kNW-nGFA
Ummm no. Sense 3.0 is so much better. No dev would do that. It's not something a large group of people would use.
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Ummm no. Sense 3.0 is so much better. No dev would do that. It's not something a large group of people would use.
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You're right but I just want to make sure: Is it possible to downgrade our MT4GS's Sense 3.0 to Sense 2.1? If so, how? (I'd like to design a custom rom myself )
You would need to find a phone compatible with our device. I'm thinking the MT4G or Desire HD and port it to Doubleshot.
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From my developmental tests from Sense 2.1- Sense 3.0 on the HTC HD2 and Desire HD,
I realized that it's possible to port the Sense 3.0 rosie to a Sense 2.1 rom. I'm wondering if it's possible to port the Sense 2.1 rosie to our MT4GS's Sense 3.0?
Sense 2.1 sucks compared to 3.0 use undead sensless rom u wont be dissapointent
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I could probably do that, but I only make ROMS I intend on using, I'm pretty busy with school and work, but If I have a free weekend I might give it a try. However I don't think it would be worth it, a lot of features would be cut, since I wouldn't spend time optimizing it for the MT4GS, just the basic 2.1 ROM.
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I could probably do that, but I only make ROMS I intend on using, I'm pretty busy with school and work, but If I have a free weekend I might give it a try. However I don't think it would be worth it, a lot of features would be cut, since I wouldn't spend time optimizing it for the MT4GS, just the basic 2.1 ROM.
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Thanks dude, I appreciate it alot man. And I know what you mean about busy. 5 AP classes + a job leaves very little free time, let alone the fact that you have other stuff to do. But if you could get the basic Sense 2.1 rosie and perhaps provide me tips on how to implement the widgets (especially the clock widget, it's basically the trademark of Sense haha), that would be all I'd need.
Also, couldn't you literally just replace the Rosie from a MyTouch4g/DesireHD sense 2.1 rom, as well as the other htc widgets as Seo did to bring a Sense 3.0 port to Sense 2.1 roms?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062962
The reason I want this is simply because I hate the carousel of Sense 3.0 (it still lags occasionally), but love the widgets.
I simply don't like the features of LPP or ADW because, in those launchers I can't use Sense widgets...
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Thanks dude, I appreciate it alot man. And I know what you mean about busy. 5 AP classes + a job leaves very little free time, let alone the fact that you have other stuff to do. But if you could get the basic Sense 2.1 rosie and perhaps provide me tips on how to implement the widgets (especially the clock widget, it's basically the trademark of Sense haha), that would be all I'd need.
Also, couldn't you literally just replace the Rosie from a MyTouch4g/DesireHD sense 2.1 rom, as well as the other htc widgets as Seo did to bring a Sense 3.0 port to Sense 2.1 roms?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062962
The reason I want this is simply because I hate the carousel of Sense 3.0 (it still lags occasionally), but love the widgets.
I simply don't like the features of LPP or ADW because, in those launchers I can't use Sense widgets...
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The carousel lags? Apparently you never flashed my sense on crack rom. I never got any lag at all.
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The carousel lags? Apparently you never flashed my sense on crack rom. I never got any lag at all.
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You're right I haven't tried it yet. I'll give it a shot sometime later. Too lazy to s-off and sort it out. I just hate the 3d flip animation, I like the smooth screen transitions that were on the older Sense rosies.
I'm still contemplating whether I want this phone or return and exchange for a Sensation. Of course either way, it's Sense 3.0 carousel.
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You're right I haven't tried it yet. I'll give it a shot sometime later. Too lazy to s-off and sort it out. I just hate the 3d flip animation, I like the smooth screen transitions that were on the older Sense rosies.
I'm still contemplating whether I want this phone or return and exchange for a Sensation. Of course either way, it's Sense 3.0 carousel.
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KEEP IT. The Sensation is a piece of crap, I worked for T-Mobile and we have returns on them more than anything. They overheat, the touchscreen is highly unresponsive, and the screens look mediocre... Even after installing custom ROMs they still have issues.
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KEEP IT. The Sensation is a piece of crap, I worked for T-Mobile and we have returns on them more than anything. They overheat, the touchscreen is highly unresponsive, and the screens look mediocre... Even after installing custom ROMs they still have issues.
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Yea, but there's so many devs for the Sensation, I wish our MT4GS had more...
Oh and btw, those devs just ported over the HTC Amaze 4G's (aka MT4GS's) camera to their Sensations. WOOW is all I can say.
Plus, with the second coming of smartphones in the HTC Amaze and SGSII, there'll be even less reason for future devs to work on this phone.
Gotta admit though that I like the hardware keyboard as an additional option for typing. It may be crappy compared to the G2, but I've never used a slider-phone before.
And, I hate the designs of the Amaze and GSII, they're even more curvy than the MT4GS and Sensation, lol.
Sorry...to get back on topic, Undeadk9, would it be much simpler to port the Sense 2.1 rosie over onto a Sense 3.0 rom? Rather than modding an entire rom? And is it as easy as I think it is?
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KEEP IT. The Sensation is a piece of crap, I worked for T-Mobile and we have returns on them more than anything. They overheat, the touchscreen is highly unresponsive, and the screens look mediocre... Even after installing custom ROMs they still have issues.
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I agree. Keep the phone. Plus this cpu is meant to clock at 1.5ghz. The sensations is right where its suppose to be. Plus this device has a way better processor. And the keyboard is a huge plus.
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In another phone, you can just trick Rosie into thinking it's running on a Sense 2.1 device and it will run in 2.1 mode. However, I don't think it's possible with the native MT4GS Rosie since it's specifically compiled for us/TMO. I could be wrong though, worth decompiling it and taking a look at it.
I wouldn't run Sense 2.1 though. That's boring.
Or maybe you could exchange it for a desire hd or mytouch 4g since you're looking for older software. there's not going to be a whole lot of demand for older software on a newer device unfortunately.
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Or maybe you could exchange it for a desire hd or mytouch 4g since you're looking for older software. there's not going to be a whole lot of demand for older software on a newer device unfortunately.
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That's exactly what I don't want, as you can see the MT4GS is SUPERIOR to those devices. But I really prefer the simplicity of the old sense, and combined with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, it would be 1000000x faster + no lag. Why would I want to go back to the "Stone Age" so to speak?
Really and truly it's the carousel that bothers me, if I didn't have to deal with the carousel on Sense 3, it would be just fine.
And let's just put it this way: Sense 2.1 is exactly what Sense 3.0 is WITHOUT the carousel. So for those of you who don't prefer the carousel, this is what you want. Of course there's the lockscreen, but I'm talking purely on the basis of the rosies.
Sorry for the double post, my previous one was loaded.
I'll just say that Ima try and put one together myself.
I also posted a video on what I mean by Sense 2.1+3.0. (Check first post)
I also posted a poll to gather the opinion of users in this forum.
If there are too many No's, then I will stop this thread from further discussion.
So you just want the sense 2.1 interface but with sense 3.0 basically. Why don't you try a new launcher?
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You're right I haven't tried it yet. I'll give it a shot sometime later. Too lazy to s-off and sort it out. I just hate the 3d flip animation, I like the smooth screen transitions that were on the older Sense rosies.
I'm still contemplating whether I want this phone or return and exchange for a Sensation. Of course either way, it's Sense 3.0 carousel.
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"Too lazy to s-off and sort it out..."
But you're willing to "...design a custom rom myself"?
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"Too lazy to s-off and sort it out..."
But you're willing to "...design a custom rom myself"?
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All of this nonsense because you dislike the 3.0 carousel? Im sorry but you have lost your mind. And your to lazy to s off? Its a 5 min process Thats completely automated and pain free. But yet you want to design a rom which could take days maybe weeks? All Im seeing is a huge lack of common sense.
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Is there a way that the mt4gs can get any of the sense 3.0 lockscreens without root or roms. And is there any way that the device can get different themes i do know that its technically impossible to get it from the market or from the htchub/htcsense website. Ive also email htc about the ics update and sense 3.6 for the device. Ive done it twice and i will upload both replies.
Here's one of the messages they sent to me..........
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Is there a way that the mt4gs can get any of the sense 3.0 lockscreens without root or roms. And is there any way that the device can get different themes i do know that its technically impossible to get it from the market or from the htchub/htcsense website. Ive also email htc about the ics update and sense 3.6 for the device. Ive done it twice and i will upload both replies.
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Try Go locker, and Go launcher. Go locker has all kinds of lockscreens, and Go Launcher has all kinds of themes.
We are not getting ICS officially ever. I contacted my "connection" at htc and he said the HTC Doubleshot will not get updated due to "Tmobiles Add on Skin" meaning expresso. We are the red headed step children. Stop asking htc when we are getting an update cause we are not. We will be lucky to see 2.3.5 officially.
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Is there a way that the mt4gs can get any of the sense 3.0 lockscreens without root or roms. And is there any way that the device can get different themes i do know that its technically impossible to get it from the market or from the htchub/htcsense website. Ive also email htc about the ics update and sense 3.6 for the device. Ive done it twice and i will upload both replies.
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Widgetlocker.
Shoupdve got a sensation.......trading my phone does any body know some one that wants it?
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Shoupdve got a sensation.......trading my phone does any body know some one that wants it?
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My dad has a sensation its complete **** don't get it
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Shoupdve got a sensation.......trading my phone does any body know some one that wants it?
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Dont do it. You will regret it.
Does any1 know how long it takes to mod your mt4gs and root it and get 2 roms? Can some1 give me the link for team freedom sense 3.5 rom and the sensation 4g rom.
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Does any1 know how long it takes to mod your mt4gs and root it and get 2 roms? Can some1 give me the link for team freedom sense 3.5 rom and the sensation 4g rom.
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Team Freedom never got the rom working.
You need to have ADB (Android Debugging Bridge) Setup.
Then goto the "Unlocker.Com". They have guides for our phone, alongside a video to help.
There's no Sense 3.0 Roms that are worth flashing on XDA. Over on Rootzwiki there's a Sense 3.0 Rom called "Rubix Sensation".
We have an ICS 3.6 Rom. Great since we have WVGA 3.6 parts now.
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I could mod my phone its just my old pc that is messing my process up.
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We are not getting ICS officially ever. I contacted my "connection" at htc and he said the HTC Doubleshot will not get updated due to "Tmobiles Add on Skin" meaning expresso. We are the red headed step children. Stop asking htc when we are getting an update cause we are not. We will be lucky to see 2.3.5 officially.
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Someone's cousin/friend/uncle etc. has been telling someone crap for decades. 99% of the time it is bullsh*t. People claimed the original MyTouch would never be updated, yet HTC updated the whole lineup, even the old, ancient original one, up to Froyo.
I'm not counting out an official ICS update for the DoubleShot just yet. It might be late, but I think we will get one.
How do i get the trace input to work on this device id perfer it rather than the swype kb.
How do i get the trace input to work on this device id perfer it rather than the swype kb. Its enabled and everything just doesnt work any help.
hey just wanted to see if anyone can port the "RoyalLiquid: Acer Liquid Metal ROM Port for the myTouch 4G to the sensation. i really loved it. heres what the rom looks http://androidspin.com/2011/03/10/v...cer-liquid-metal-rom-port-for-the-mytouch-4g/ k thanks for looking
Looks.nice.but.we would.have to.downgrade to get.it.to work.only android 2.2
Looks cool.
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Looks.nice.but.we would.have to.downgrade to get.it.to work.only android 2.2
Looks cool.
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maybe someone can take the launcher and putt it over sense or something but i don't know though, I'm no dev...
Porting from a different device takes a lot of time - and since it is older version than current available - nobody will waste the time on it. Porting the launcher is possible, tho.
Just stating
I think we should try to port over the motoblur
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I think we should try to port over the motoblur
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Why exactly?
Just curious as most people don't seem to like it.
At the OP, if you want MotoBlur on your Sensation then You might want to check this thread out. I know it is not exactly the same as what you linked. But hey it ia all I can offer right now.