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[Q] New Sense UI?

So I've been seein the EVO 3D, and I really like its new sense ui. You can change the lockscreen with weather and when you slide through the screens there is a new carasel look and more. I am just wondering two things. 1. Is there any way to get that Sense ported over to our Inspire's? 2. If we can't, do you think that the Inspire will ever get that update?

drakizard said:
So I've been seein the EVO 3D, and I really like its new sense ui. You can change the lockscreen with weather and when you slide through the screens there is a new carasel look and more. I am just wondering two things. 1. Is there any way to get that Sense ported over to our Inspire's? 2. If we can't, do you think that the Inspire will ever get that update?
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This update is in fact coming to devices with Sense. It's going to the HTC Evo-3D first though. It's kind of to showcase it. Hit Google. There are articles everywhere for it.

As long as it isn't as intrusive as the current sense...

mudknot2005 said:
As long as it isn't as intrusive as the current sense...
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I actually prefer it to vanilla Android. I ran cm for a day and flashed design gears Rom back over it. I have great battery life so far, so it really doesn't bother me. I feel almost "privileged" to have it since I own an HTC device.
You really can't beat the dialer, messaging app and keyboard. I know there are skins to out on other keyboards but I can't get the same performance as I can the built in HTC keyboard.
Plus I'm a huge sucker for the clock....
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acPIZZA said:
I actually prefer it to vanilla Android. I ran cm for a day and flashed design gears Rom back over it. I have great battery life so far, so it really doesn't bother me. I feel almost "privileged" to have it since I own an HTC device.
You really can't beat the dialer, messaging app and keyboard. I know there are skins to out on other keyboards but I can't get the same performance as I can the built in HTC keyboard.
Plus I'm a huge sucker for the clock....
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I love sense as well, but mainly I was refering to it hogging ram and cpu. I am sure there are ways they can optimize it better.

After seeing your screen shot in the other thread I'm flashing a gb Rom back. Killer battery life governs.
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SPB Shell

Been playing around with different launchers, can't stand TouchWiz, and tried out SPB Shell... Works flawlessly on the Infuse, fast and smooth as butter - love it! Lots of eye candy and some pretty cool widgets too. Everything looks great on that big screen!
It's a little pricey, but IMO worth it!

ADW
Ive been using adw for the atrix and now for the infuse, dont know that it gets any better than that. The infuse runs the animations and transitions perfectly!

I'm using Launcher Pro.. Love it.. The latest version is pretty sweet..

im not a fan of spb. but the others are good. there is also go launcher and zeam launcher.
i personally dont mind cheaze wiz, and things like kies and a few widgets dont work without it running.. i prefer to use gtg465x's launchers, he made some for the captivate and i9000 with a 5-icon dock if you dont like the 4icon dock.

Running Sony arc from cont.5.5 on captivate ..speed the phone up more and more available ram..plus its cleaner looking.
sent from Infuse but miss my captivate on cont. 5.5.... One day this can be as good...

Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
Found it. Thnx
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bacuy82 said:
Can you share the sony arc launcher apk? I'm a huge fan of that launcher from continuum 5.5 also. Thanks
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Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.

Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...

Are the others a lot better than Go Launcher EX?
No one uses Go Launcher EX? I'm fairly new to Android phones (had/have an Archos 5IT Android which is still running their version of donut, but with market and some other hacks), so I just picked the first free launcher I found. So far I really like it. The themes are OK and the customization seems as good as any and it's pretty full featured. Everything they release for it is free, though some 3rd party add-on are paid. I don't know anything about ADW or LPro, but I'm an app addict so I'm sure I'll tinker around with those sometime soon.
What are the best or your favorite features of ADW or Launcher Pro?
Thanks!

Go Launcher EX is very good, almost too good... with their many free widgets. I wonder if they are spying on me.

Trancerush said:
Spb is like a corvette, not very practical imo. Something You want to show off with.
ADW is my daily driver...
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I've been using Spb as a daily driver for months and it's great for me. Yeah I do show off with it at times but it is a good launcher. Launcher pro was my daily driver for almost a year.

Just out of curiosity... How is SPB Shell and battery life? doesn't drain it more than it used to before spb shell, drains more, or drains less?

With Spb shell 3d I didn't notice much difference with battery life compared to others I've used but I would notice that under heavy loads of use that it would become laggy or restart itself. That gets annoying after a while because it takes a while like 2 minutes sometimes to start. Its a nice launcher but I've put it aside for now and I'm using the Sony Ericsson launcher now which is a lot quicker.
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ADW is my favorite. Quick and customized to my liking.
Cranky...
MitRa

i bought spb but didn't like the fact i had to look at someone else's flicker photos so now i'm on laucher ex. it allows for 3d rotation and i've got a page with my photos on widget.

chvybeatsford said:
Hopefully this link works for u
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=589599&d=1304794751
If not click the paper clip on the cont. 5.5 post.
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I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Ddot196 said:
I downloaded this launcher just to check it out. I really like it. Very smooth and quick. Simple and I like it a lot.
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Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?

diablo009 said:
Isn't this the launcher that has ads in the free version?
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I haven't seen any ads. I got a merry Christmas banner that fell down the screen every so often but that was it. Pretty nice actually. And my dock icons had little Santa clause hats on during the holidays.
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[Q] Is there a way to remove sence ui 3 on the htc sensation?

i personally want to use the original google android ui. so it use less ram and faster.

No, you're stuck with Sense 3.0 until custom ROMs are possible.

download "launcher pro" homescreen replacement till custom roms come out
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Gingerbread launcher is in the market just search gingerbread launcher
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Is there a way to get like a "sense" widget for the time and weather??
I like the weather and clouds going across the screen, but need the Launcher Pro for the buttons at the bottom..

duglas said:
Is there a way to get like a "sense" widget for the time and weather??
I like the weather and clouds going across the screen, but need the Launcher Pro for the buttons at the bottom..
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Fancy Widget Pro, Beautiful Widgets, Weather & Toggle Widget??

sunny7day said:
i personally want to use the original google android ui. so it use less ram and faster.
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This is funny... I thought I was the only one who didn't like it. I really thought I was going to, but I find it just gets in the way.
I switched to LauncherPro (which I'm really happy with) and I stopped all the HTC related syncing stuff in the accounts setup. I'm not sure how much was saved, but it didn't seem to help much RAM and battery wise.
FWIW my wife hasn't had any complaints about it, and we both came from stock Android phones.
I can't wait to root this thing...

Did Launcher Pro not lag for you guys? I checked out the demo in the store and Launcher Pro chugged like none other. Who knows what they did to that demo before I picked it up though.

I really like LP. I saw a youtube video of the Sens. running it....looked great to me.

I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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ridikolous said:
I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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I am also running Launcher Pro and it runs great. No lag. On a side note, is it worth the $3.50 to get the 'Plus' version of Launcher Pro?

I installed Zeam to see if it would be slow. It ran fine. I actually noticed that some aspects of Sense shutdown when you use another launcher.

Try ADW Ex just for the mere fact that is supports hardware acceleration unlike LPP and the other homescreen replacements.

ridikolous said:
I'm running lpp on my sensation. It's a lot smoother than sense. No lag whatsoever.
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yea and stock with stupid widgets cause cant use sense widgets(again) when using lpp or adw or any other launcher

This phone isn't usable without LauncherPro for me.

Thank God for 3rd party launchers. I can't stand Sense and I have given it every chance as well. Apart from the extremely annoying frequent Sense reboots the phone lags and things feel slower than on my old Incredible. Just switching from Sense to LauncherPro without changing anything else I get back over 50MB of RAM. That's ridiculous, talk about bloat.
I still haven't s-off my phone yet but I'm starting to consider it. Especially when we get stable builds from Cyanogen.
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Are you crazy you don't like sense3.0 it runs smooth as glass on my inspire but if you don't use the widgets I can see why you would go for launcher pro. But your nuts if you don't root. I would have had that puppy rooted the minute it came out.
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sammael1069 said:
Are you crazy you don't like sense3.0 it runs smooth as glass on my inspire but if you don't use the widgets I can see why you would go for launcher pro. But your nuts if you don't root. I would have had that puppy rooted the minute it came out.
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Inspire Sense 3.0 and Sensation Sense 3.0 (Stock) are two completely different beasts. The stock build for Sensation has some issues.

mobilehavoc said:
Thank God for 3rd party launchers. I can't stand Sense and I have given it every chance as well. Apart from the extremely annoying frequent Sense reboots the phone lags and things feel slower than on my old Incredible. Just switching from Sense to LauncherPro without changing anything else I get back over 50MB of RAM. That's ridiculous, talk about bloat.
I still haven't s-off my phone yet but I'm starting to consider it. Especially when we get stable builds from Cyanogen.
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Pretty funny. Buy an htc phone knowing it comes with sense. How about next time pass on a htc phone so you don't have to deal with bloat as you call it
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What about if you buy a phome for hardware... People do that with computers and dual boot linux etc because they are not a fan of windows
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I really like Sense 3.0, I just wish it was more optimized out of the gate.

jam34 said:
Pretty funny. Buy an htc phone knowing it comes with sense. How about next time pass on a htc phone so you don't have to deal with bloat as you call it
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I knew it came with Sense. My Incredible came with Sense and it was lightning fast. As much as I like it its too slow and buggy. Once they update it and hopefully improve things I might give it another shot.
Oh and this phone hardware is reason enough to buy the phone.
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im s-off but i dont want a custom rom i like what i have just want to theme my stock rom a little other than that it runs smooth as a babys ass lol......... maybe its those dump **** apps your installing

LauncherPro locks up my Sensation something fierce.

jam34 said:
Pretty funny. Buy an htc phone knowing it comes with sense. How about next time pass on a htc phone so you don't have to deal with bloat as you call it
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Personally, I like HTC's hardware. It's Sense I can always do without. I mean, c'mon! This is a forum for phone modding, not for keeping your phone like stock.
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If I can't install the apps I want then the phone is useless. Enjoy limiting what you install on your phone to keep running how you want.

I have been using ADW on it since I got it. I hate Sense and always have. To much eye candy for no apparent reason. Ill take function over form any day of the week.
By the way, I just switched everyone from the other thread regarding this same topic over to ADW from LP and gave them my settings. The 5 that did all agree that ADW is faster than LP with the correct settings. Also, the free version of ADW will not be as fast due to it not having a lot of the settings. You have to purchase ADW EX in order to feel the speed.
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Sense 3 is acceptable to me
But I prefer Google's original launch app
But LaunchPro and ADW are something makes wanna throw the phone right to the wall

Sense is just trash, period. Can't wait to get my CM7!
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I can't figure it out but my phone hates Sense. Even after I uninstalled the Good for Enterprise app which I thought was causing the issues Sense starts slowing down and then craps out after a little while. It literally restarts Sense after every app install or update or even uninstall. I don't think its a memory issue only because there's plenty free but it doesn't happen right after a reboot either. I can't figure it out but it definitely seems like something is leaking memory or corrupting Sense.
When is T-Mobile releasing our update? I'm good using LP for now but it'd be nice to have a proper functioning stock launcher as an option as well.
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I was running ADW EX for a few days. It was fast as ****, but I missed the Sense 3.0. Widgets and interface. My phone has no lag at all and works perfect with Sense as well. If it was laggy, I would definitely drop it for ADW. My brother uses Launcher Pro and is a big fan. To each his own.

Totally agree, to each his own.
For me ... this phone is totally usable with Sense...
Each launcher has it's pluses and minuses. There are quite a few alternatives to Sense widgets but none has completely done it for me. Same goes for HTC's apps, especially People/Phone and Email apps.
The major problem with Sense 3 was the many frequent Launcher restarts, which is almost solved now with the custom rom I'm using (CrystalPyramid), been using it for 3 days and it's been as fast as can be for me. I really can't be happier with my Sensation now.
The only two things I really miss about other launchers are changing home number of rows and resizable widgets.

crisisinthecity said:
I was running ADW EX for a few days. It was fast as ****, but I missed the Sense 3.0. Widgets and interface. My phone has no lag at all and works perfect with Sense as well. If it was laggy, I would definitely drop it for ADW. My brother uses Launcher Pro and is a big fan. To each his own.
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I definitely have an app or something that is messing with Sense. It starts out well enough and then just craps its pants after a while. I would like to use it but can't if I want to maintain my sanity.
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kable said:
LauncherPro locks up my Sensation something fierce.
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Have you tried playing around with the Memory Usage and other options under LauncherPro's Preferences --> Advanced Settings menu?
I was already pretty happy with LP's performance on my phone, but a couple of experiments with those tweaks made it even better for me. Hopefully it'll make things a little rosier for you too? That is, if you're even interested in LP anymore

I would get the white screen with green HTC logo almost everytime I went out of an app so, started using Launcher Pro. Today just for the frell of it
I decided to download Go Launcher EX. I got say its 1, Free, 2, there are
loads of free themes and 3 customizable!
The guy at T-Mobile said that once this phone gets 2.3.4 and the HTC
update as well then Sense might not be so buggy.
Here's a link to view about the launcher above.
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/productivity/go-launcher-ex_ragy.html

best launcher ever for skyrocket

called DXHOME and its super fast smooth.
throw an ics theme on and your good to go
EDIT: please dont say it looks like an iphone u can use it and with an ics theme (I use an htc sense theme) it does not look like an iphone. its worth it is smoother than spb shell, go launcher, and all the other popular launcher (i have tried almost all of them and all of the ones u guys have mentioned) and has cool 3d effects and is overall a better user experience
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmRpYW54aW5vcy5keGhvbWUiXQ..

looks like it would make my phone look like an iPhone
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Way too many permissions....
Free App....
Looks Chinese....
Do not know the vendor....
iPhone looking icons???
Would not touch this....
Mine is SPB Shell 3D
Yes it is a shell replacement so asks for more permissions than I am usually comfortable giving but.....
You pay for it... to me it means Quality and Support
Have great Widgets bundled with the shell .... get what you pay for
Trusted vendor has been around for years

If I wanted an iPhone, I would have went out and wasted my money on an iPhone. No thanks.
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That thing is junk

Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!

Adw ex kills them all!

appdroid said:
Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!
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Agreed!!!!

Wow just got spb 3d that's ****s way baller
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I tried spb but after seeing it consume 100mb of ram I uninstalldd and got a refund.
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appdroid said:
Go Launcher Ex!!!!!! is best ever!!!!!!!!! Don't argue with me because i m just not gonna be convinced to listen to your bs!
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+ 1 I used to love launcher pre but since the release of go launcher its the only launcher that I use.
~PsyCl0ne
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Will of fire said:
looks like it would make my phone look like an iPhone
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thats why u put an ics theme on it!

theres like 1000 reviews when an app has that many i usually trust it, and it is overwhelmingly 5 stars. i know the dev is chinese but its all in english and not a big deal. u guys should try it before you flame it

Sorry guys, adw launcher ftw. Hands and feets down.
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Dx home is the smoothest launcher yet. If you dont want the iphone look...just go to themes and choose border and then transparent and choose regular system icons. You dont need to download an ics theme. Go launcher sucks hard...never liked it. Qq launcher...adw ex...dx home and zeam are easily the best choices.
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I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.

Riehlthing said:
I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.
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I use to love launcher pro. However since it hasnt been updated since last year makes it obsolete for me.
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Riehlthing said:
I'm sticking with Launcher Pro, I just tried Launcher Ex and it doesn't do it for me. I haven't had problems with Pro and I unlocked it to get the Facebook and Twitter widgets. It's smooth, I mainly only use widgets on my screens, only one icon, and use the rotating dock (yes, I know Ex has it also), and it just flat out rocks for me.
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Same here. Couldn't ask for more with LP.
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pingfl00d said:
Wow just got spb 3d that's ****s way baller
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Watched the video for it, pretty wild but is too much for me honestly. I like it simple.
Also, the guy holding the phone in the video is obviously a robot because he barely moves his left hand. And ive seen terminator one too many times to know not to trust robots.

I tried it out. Actually a very cool launcher after changing the theme. Very smooth and fast.
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