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HTC Sense Port for SNS? (Nexus S)

Do you think that Sense will ever be able to be ported to the Nexus S when it releases its Gingerbread update?
I know that the Galaxy S never managed to see Sense on it, but it would be sure nice to have that option I also know this would be a difficult port as it would involve an inter manufacturer jump. I think it was easier to put sense on the n1 due to it being an HTC phone I dont think i will feel the same need for TouchWiz on the Nexus S somehow
JD

No idea. Just out of curiosity, WHY???
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JupiterDroid said:
>I dont think i will feel the same need for TouchWiz on the Nexus S somehow
JD
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HAH! My thoughts exactly ;-)
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Let's hope that the XDA developers surprise us one more time

OMG WHY!?!?!?! D:

numberoneoppa said:
OMG WHY!?!?!?! D:
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OMG WHY NOT!?!?!?!
I for one would love to see SENSE on the NS ans SGS phones.

Sense is closed-source, meaning it would be illegal to port it. And because we're on the Internet, it will be done anyway.
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TheNikkoMan said:
Sense is closed-source, meaning it would be illegal to port it. And because we're on the Internet, it will be done anyway.
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Because something is closed source doesn't make it illegal to port. The problem is that Sense is a copyright work of HTC and therefore it's up to HTC whether or not third-parties are allowed to redistribute it, at present no.
However that still doesn't mean porting Sense is illegal. If you own a HTC Desire HD, dump the firmware, modify it to run on another device you own then that's perfectly legal. However, I'm not sure about the actual legalities of duplicating the firmware. You may be forced to remove the firmware from your HTC device so that you haven't created two copies. It really depends on what HTC's license says, assuming they even thought to include one.

Can anybody make a sense rom?
To work on nexus S....Pls just for kicks
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I'm sure one will be released at some point. Sense has an aesthetically pleasing UI that a lot of android users find attractive. Seeing as the Nexus S was just released, however, just have to wait and be patient. I think that the openness of this device, coupled with it's "pure google" experience, will attract a lot of devs and a lot of customization options.

gotgadget said:
To work on nexus S....Pls just for kicks
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why don't u go and buy a mt4g? its 10x better than this boring nexus anyway?

I like the phone but in its stock form its slower than my old captivate. (Running touchwiz and 2.1)
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robstunner said:
I like the phone but in its stock form its slower than my old captivate. (Running touchwiz and 2.1)
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Yeeah. Sure.
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I was taking about the mytouch. It's lag central.
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Yeeah. Sure.
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I think the N1 got the Sense ROMs only because it was easy to port it from the nearly identical HTC Desire device.
I'm not sure it will be that easy to do on the Samsung HW.
Does the SGS have such ROM? If so, then surly we'll be seeing one for NS soon.

It doesn't make Sense
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Don't want a mytouch 4g. I like the nexus screen better...
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I have both the mt4g and the nexus s and I prefer the mt4g especially now since they're working on cm6 for it. My nexus s only frustrates me...no video chat app? Ugh and gingerbread is OVERRATED
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nccu_eagles said:
I have both the mt4g and the nexus s and I prefer the mt4g especially now since they're working on cm6 for it. My nexus s only frustrates me...no video chat app? Ugh and gingerbread is OVERRATED
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Tango was updated today to support the Nexus S
And I only looked at this thread thinking it was a joke. You mean someone would seriously want to take a great phone and crap it up with Sense???? I don't understand that at all!

I though people stopped making sense ROMs because HTC didnt quite like that copyright infringment.
thats why the CM rom on the Evo doesnt have it

motoblur launcher?

Is it possible to pull the motorola applications platform launcher from a droid 4 or droid 3 and port it to our phone?

Why whats so good bout motoblur anyway?
CRAYONS TASTE LIKE PURPLE

I actually like the newest blurhome2. I've been fiddling with getting it working on other devices but no go as of yet! The blur is really dug in deep to the launcher! Lol..
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Yeah the new one is 3D and is really smooth.

Although it is possible to develop a launcher mimicking motoblur you would have a hard time finding a developer who is willing. Most developers are focused on ICS roms now. Have you tried the go launcher ex or SPB shell 3D launcher?

turkbot said:
Why whats so good bout motoblur anyway?
CRAYONS TASTE LIKE PURPLE
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Motoblur is crap... Plain and simple... By far the worst ui of all the manufacturers, i.e. htc sense, samsung touchwiz, etc... My dad used to love his moto phones, he had a og droid, a droid x and a droid x 2, until he picked up the galaxy nexus, now he will never buy a moto product unless its a nexus version... Motoblur sucks
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Porting

So guys, i was going to port a rom using Mr. Highway's porting guide and i was looking at screen resolutions on different devices. I noticed that the galaxy s2 has the same screen resolution as our phone. 480*800. How hard would it be to port a rom?

THEindian said:
So guys, i was going to port a rom using Mr. Highway's porting guide and i was looking at screen resolutions on different devices. I noticed that the galaxy s2 has the same screen resolution as our phone. 480*800. How hard would it be to port a rom?
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you're going to port from a Galaxy S 2? have you ported any other ROMs?
my BIG suggestion is that you port from an HTC device first, like the Desire HD, as it is the easiest to port. once you get the experience, you can start porting from other devices and such.... i don't know about the Galaxy S so much... but i think they do things quite differently than HTC devices...

THEindian said:
So guys, i was going to port a rom using Mr. Highway's porting guide and i was looking at screen resolutions on different devices. I noticed that the galaxy s2 has the same screen resolution as our phone. 480*800. How hard would it be to port a rom?
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Touchwiz almost impossible, an aosp port possible but may need framework edit for data to work
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Yeah, i have ported before. I was just wondering, how different do you think their framework might be?

THEindian said:
Yeah, i have ported before. I was just wondering, how different do you think their framework might be?
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VERY different...
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THEindian said:
Yeah, i have ported before. I was just wondering, how different do you think their framework might be?
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Probably not even worth the time.
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Don't even try the GSII unless it's a Sense ROM (which would still be a challenge..).

Im using jelly bean on my old nexus.

I have to say jelly bean blows this sense bs out of the water. I cant wait to have it on my one x, mostly just to use Google now. Its so nice and fast and actually useful. I can set all my alarms without even looking at the phone!
Holding out for source code. Hopefully it will comes quickly. Having come from several previous htc devices, I should be used to this long wait for source bullshhh by now.
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Really, setting your alarms without looking at the screen? To be perfectly honest it doesn't seem all that beneficial.
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I would kill to have stock jelly bean working on the one x. I'm starting to really dislike sense because of it's memory hogging. I can't think of a single feature it adds to stock android other than the ability to remove some home screens.

Y do u guys buy htc if u dont like sense? Jus saying..............
I love sense 4.0! Its perfect! And its sexy!!
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zounduser said:
Y do u guys buy htc if u dont like sense? Jus saying..............
I love sense 4.0! Its perfect! And its sexy!!
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I buy htc solely for hardware. Been doing it since the apache. Using custom roms since the touch pro. Like the hardware. Don't mind sense but would love to do without it.
Plus I hate how sense has to add notes to all my contacts.
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zounduser said:
Y do u guys buy htc if u dont like sense? Jus saying..............
I love sense 4.0! Its perfect! And its sexy!!
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Because, we buy the phone for the hardware. This is xda-developers... We'll get the software we want on our devices one way or another.

zounduser said:
Y do u guys buy htc if u dont like sense? Jus saying..............
I love sense 4.0! Its perfect! And its sexy!!
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Because a lot of us are just in it for the hardware. I don't want a Nexus (though I have been quite tempted) in fact, the ROM I *want* to use is MIUI. However, since we do not yet have kernel source that is not 100% ready for me and I also don't want to lose the Sense burst camera.
I don't hate Sense, in fact it was my first Android experience (HTC Aria) when I first switched to CyanogenMod, I thought "Where did my beautiful clock and Facebook widget go?!"
Then I got over it. If one doesn't take advantage of a majority of the things that Sense has to offer, they simply have no reason to keep it on their phone. I fall into that category.
I promise, if there had been a version of the HTC One X without Sense, I would have grabbed it in a heartbeat. It's the most beautiful phone screen I have ever used, and I like the general design. My only complaint is no memory card slot.
What you're saying is: If you don't like Touchwiz, don't buy Samsung. If you don't like Timescape, don't buy Sony. If you don't like Sense, don't buy HTC, and if you don't like Blur, don't buy Motorola.
It isn't that simple because some of us dislike them all. I happen to fall into that category, but if I have to pick my poison it is definitely Sense.
We buy the phone despite Sense because we know that there will eventually be the opportunity to remove it.
It's great hardware, and Android devices are rarely stuck on the manufacturer's software

Thanks. That sir is a good answer. Ive been asking people y they would buy a phone knowing its sense, and then complain about it. Just funny 2 me ya know. ;-) but i got flamed for asking the question...........even got called a troll!! Ha ha ha!!!!! Funny!!!!! But ya man, thats all they had to say, instead of getting all sad, and calling people names!
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rquinn19 said:
I buy htc solely for hardware. Been doing it since the apache. Using custom roms since the touch pro. Like the hardware. Don't mind sense but would love to do without it.
Plus I hate how sense has to add notes to all my contacts.
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Same here. This is the sexiest device on the market by far. A little low on the internal storage, but this is like saying a 10/10 drop dead gorgeous model isn't any good because her titties are only a B cup.
I was hoping we'd have the kernel source by now so we could get some real custom ROMs on here and not just modded stock ROMs. I do appreciate the mods and hacks but I'm talking about CM9, AOSP/AOKP, etc. Very disappointed with HTC because of their constant neglect. Almost thinking of selling this device and getting a Galaxy Nexus again.

Ok maybe i should have asked.......y do people complain about having sense knowing thats indeed what they bought. I love sense, and sense 4.0 is sexy!!!!
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zounduser said:
Ok maybe i should have asked.......y do people complain about having sense knowing thats indeed what they bought. I love sense, and sense 4.0 is sexy!!!!
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Haha once again, pretty much for the same reason.
I think a lot of us expected to be Senseless much sooner. This is my first rendezvous with HTC in quite some time.

MyronJ906 said:
Haha once again, pretty much for the same reason.
I think a lot of us expected to be Senseless much sooner. This is my first rendezvous with HTC in quite some time.
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Cool. Im not knocking u guys for doing what u do.......im just saying.....me personally am very pleased with sense 4.0. The storage isnt a huge deal 4 me, im using sugar sync, dropbox, and 4shared. They all work great. I just dont get how yall could not like sense 4.0? ;-) cuz its perfect 4 me. Anyways carry on....and hopefully that source will come soon 4 u guys! ;-)
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zounduser said:
Ok maybe i should have asked.......y do people complain about having sense knowing thats indeed what they bought. I love sense, and sense 4.0 is sexy!!!!
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Same as posted before, I bought it because it was priced well, and I don't care for any manufacturer overlay tbh. My first android was the original evo, loved it, but then I found cyanogenmod, and loved it even more. That's what's great about android you can get custom roms, and have it the way you like it.
Also sense has changed a lot lately it use to be able to multitask just like default android, but HTC in sense 4 changed that which, imo, is a reason to be able to complain. Why change something that never had a peoblem.
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zounduser said:
Cool. Im not knocking u guys for doing what u do.......im just saying.....me personally am very pleased with sense 4.0. The storage isnt a huge deal 4 me, im using sugar sync, dropbox, and 4shared. They all work great. I just dont get how yall could not like sense 4.0? ;-) cuz its perfect 4 me. Anyways carry on....and hopefully that source will come soon 4 u guys! ;-)
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Have you tried a 100% working cyanogenmod, or miui? Your mind might change if you haven't.
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Thanks I don't really think there is anything wrong with Sense 4.0 in fact, I like it. I just know that I don't use it.
I'm going to use Apex or Nova Launcher for sure (I frequently swap between the two) then I lose the Sense widgets.
I would rather use Widget Locker so the Sense lockscreens (despite being pretty cool) become useless. (Not using WL now though because of the multitouch issue it causes)
People just want to get the extra memory it uses back. You're right though, Sense 4.0 is pretty nice in my opinion. Not really much to not like, but if you don't use it it turns into wasted resources.
and I think everyone has to admit, the Sense camera is delightful

zounduser said:
Ok maybe i should have asked.......y do people complain about having sense knowing thats indeed what they bought. I love sense, and sense 4.0 is sexy!!!!
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Shut up. Jesus Christ.
We complain about sense because we don't have the source code and its a memory hogging skin. If we had sourcw code, wouldn't be an issue.
But seriously. You're annoying.
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I know once source is released, this thing finally hit godmode
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tehdef said:
Shut up. Jesus Christ.
We complain about sense because we don't have the source code and its a memory hogging skin. If we had sourcw code, wouldn't be an issue.
But seriously. You're annoying.
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Ur a punk bro! U wouldnt say that 2 my face!!!!!
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tehdef said:
Shut up. Jesus Christ.
We complain about sense because we don't have the source code and its a memory hogging skin. If we had sourcw code, wouldn't be an issue.
But seriously. You're annoying.
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Get something other than htc u damn whiner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said!
Edit.....im annoying because im right! And u know it.
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zounduser said:
Get something other than htc u damn whiner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said!
Edit.....im annoying because im right! And u know it.
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Nope, you're annoying because you quoted the same person on the same post in two different posts and still added absolutely nothing to the thread.
I personally like Sense, definitely a whole lot more than I do touchwiz since I came from a Samsung Captivate. That being said, I am very interested in trying out a complete "Google Experience" with Jelly Bean.
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Am I the only one that likes Stock Android UI?

Am I the only one that likes Stock Android UI with no modifications?

No ofc not...
Useless thread here too bad you can't report in tapatalk...

I like it after ICS. But still I change it to get some variation before ics I couldn't stand it. Especially that grey title bar. It's the most disgusting bar I've ever seen
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I kind of fell in love with stock Android look after ICS. I used to love HTC's Sense look, but after ICS was released, I began to hate Sense and love stock. Too bad I just got an HTC One S with Sense. Good thing CM10 is now official for us!

Closed Source Project said:
I kind of fell in love with stock Android look after ICS. I used to love HTC's Sense look, but after ICS was released, I began to hate Sense and love stock. Too bad I just got an HTC One S with Sense. Good thing CM10 is now official for us!
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I've always craved stock UI since I left my Droid 1 for the Droid X. I had the Droid 3/ Thunderbolt after that, and now the Galaxy Nexus/ Nexus 7.
I'm never going back.

When honeycomb was released, I realized stock Android looked great!
But gingerbread an below definitely looked ugly
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Me too but i need to find the best wall paper
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It all depends on wich version you're running... It would be more efective if you had mentioned what version are you using now, because after ICS the original UI is really nice.

pclov3r said:
Am I the only one that likes Stock Android UI with no modifications?
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I think not .. but I do not live without laucher Apex hehehe

pclov3r said:
Am I the only one that likes Stock Android UI with no modifications?
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See this wallpaper the best for touchwiz
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I like the ICS and JB UI. All the other UI's are ugly.
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I also like the stock android UI. It's is great but after some months of using the phone i got bored and could not resist customizing