[Q] TouchWiz UI + ICS or Sense UI + ICS? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone.
Do you like TouchWiz UI + ICS or Sense UI + ICS?
Thanks.

Sense rocks but the naked Android is still the best

Vanilla Android
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If I had to choose between those two options only, I'd go with TouchWiz. I like some things that TW brings to the table. It isn't all that bad.

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Who here besides me would want a PURE Gingerbread ROM?

Pure stock gingerbread....no themes, no weird fonts, no extras. Just pure gingerbread running on the sensation. I would absolutely LOVE this. Am I the only one? I'm not familiar with CM7....is that pure gingerbread?
I too want just a pure stock one. NO FOOLIES!
me too would love it
+1, but I would also use CM
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Working on it.
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CM7 is basically stock but enhanced with new, improved features and settings. Like new lockscreens built into the ROM, profiles (so you can have a work and a home profile, for example, with different settings on each), a new kernel, better performance overall. For more info, go here.
www.cyanogenmod.com
Would love a pure AOSP rom with only a few additions like volumerocker music-controll and a optimised kernel.
When I still had my Nexus S i used Oxygen by Adam_G, fastest Rom i ever used.
I would like a GB ROM as well to have the option. But I'm runningthe non sense ROM and it combines a good mix of sense and stock gb. I still like sense because of the dialer and the magnifying copy and paste like on ios. But everythingelse on my phone is stock GB like the lockscreen, keyboard, and launcher . It's a good mix
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That would be awesome, something nice and simple, and super.fast!
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I would love a stock rom that had all the bloatware removed.
CM7 feels like a pure Gingerbread ROM, but with an extra option in settings that gives more power-user options. Different types of lockscreens (Gesture, rotary, normal), clock speed, force-move applications to sd card, volume enhancements, profiles, themes for status bar (and battery % inside the battery icon). There aren't many visual changes from ASOP (Unlike Sense or MIUI). (It's what I want to run)
I think there are some good features in sense 3 but still prefer stock gb. However if we could have gb with sense copy paste and modified sense lock screen it would be really nice. Ppl love the sense dialer but i seriously prefer stock dialer.
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Gpc had a great Rom running on the HD2 maybe he will jump over to the sensation now that we have s-off
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just a rom with OC/UV and voodoo audio/video and no bloatware is all we need... i can deal with sense 3.0 because thats what i've used on the sensation4g since day 1 (first android phone).
+1000
Would be great to have vanilla android for the Sensation. You can make it look like Sense, I just like AOSP better.
Give me barebones CM7 or give me death.
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+1, but I would also use CM or MIUI ROM
Stock/Pure Gingerbread is overated.
Just because there are this and that you don't like about Sense doesn't make stock Gingerbread great. Once you start using stock Gingerbread you will start hating Google for not implementing this simple thing and that easy tweak, and you would want more.
If you don't like Sense, or are not satisfy with the speed with Sense, go get CM7 (when it is available on the Sensation) and don't bother with stock Gingerbread.
I would love ASOP Gingerbread cant wait til i get one of those roms =]
hell if i could just get better than 9-10 hours of use out of the damn phone with stock battery i would be happy... (yeah i send 200+ texts per day) plus surf alot

question? sense launcher 3.0 on miui?

Is there a way to install the Sense Launcher 3.0 on Miui? I have tried all kinds of different modded launchers and I dont want a modded launcher pro or ADW I would like to have the real Rosie.apk Its probably in the framework so thats why all of the launchers I have used wont work. I was hoping someone would have a modded Rosie that doesnt require to be tied into the framework. preferably the new 3.0.
No. Sense isn't just a launcher. If you want the Rosie.apk on miui, you will need to have sense framework thus equalling a sense rom
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so could i take the framework from a sense roms and install it on miui and get sensed-miui?
No you can't
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What do you like about Sense that you can't get with any other launcher?
I like the 3d sense 3.0 and i would love to have the animated flip sense clock on miui.
skitzo60 said:
I like the 3d sense 3.0 and i would love to have the animated flip sense clock on miui.
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I second wanting to have the htc clock on miui.
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Well if its the sense clock you friendos want, will this sate your hunger?
https://market.android.com/details?id=factory.widgets.SenseClock&feature=search_result
Look on my profile i made a thread whit an apk the thread name is sense launcher and its exactly the same and as for the lockscreen you can download from miui itself
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Try HeLauncher2 in the market. Looks like Sense.
I just use Fancy Widgets from the market for a Sense looking clock/weather combo. It is free.
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Joshp406 said:
Well if its the sense clock you friendos want, will this sate your hunger?
https://market.android.com/details?id=factory.widgets.SenseClock&feature=search_result
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No The Original Fancy Widget comes closer the sense clock than that one. The only thing is it isnt animated. Which I currently already have. If anyone needs it.
http://hotfile.com/dl/131879747/9e990ca/FancyWidget.apk.html

ICS Launcher Backport?

Hi, i remember when Android Gingerbread 2.3 was released, the Launcher app was quickly backported to be used on any 1.6+ ROM (such as the ICS Keyboard is now)
Is it possible to do this for the ICS Launcher, too?
Or is there even a Port out and i haven`t seen it?
No one has an idea?
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I believe the ICS launcher relies on too many radical framework changes in 4.0 for a backport to 2.3 to be possible. Perhaps it could be done, but you'd probably be better off writing a whole new launcher strictly for 2.3 that mimics the 4.0 launcher. I know one dev tried to do this, but his work remains largely unfinished and isn't nearly as good of a user experience as the actual 4.0 launcher.
The reason the gingerbread launcher was easily back ported is because 2.3 used much of the same old same AOSP framework, so it wasn't too hard getting it to work.
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Sense 3.6 vs Sense 4

I've been going through reviews of Sense 4 and I'm contemplating flashing a Sense 4 ROM, but since ROM flashing and the consequent data/apps/settings restoration is an arduous process, I wanted opinions from other people.
Which version of Sense do you prefer in terms of speed, functionality, aesthetics, and any special/exclusive features?
Sense 4 for me.
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for me sense 3.6. better stability,100% functional, better camera quality.
Sense 4.0 ftw, but if u wait a bit longer, a nonsense rom will take over the forms(android 4.1) for sure thats gonna be my fav, sense 3.6 looks (by my feeling)bit worse.
Sense 4.0
I feel sense 4 is more responsive then sense 3.6 it laggs quite a lot if you ask me .. specially the Rosie launcher
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Sense 3.6 is better in terms of multitasking, browser and camera, and sense 4 is better in terms of messaging and keyboard, application speed. I don't know why but browser is awful on sense 4
sense 3.6 for sure !!!
sense 3.6 for me
it's more stable, fully modded and supported here in the forum, better camera, 100% Hardware compatible with our Sensation.
sense 4.0 feels faster and looks better but you seek the sense 4.0 looks you can install skin on sense 3.6....
Sense 3.6 because it's much more smooth, at least for me than sense 4.0
On 3.6 everything works as it should, 4.0 just looks nice and has had some glitches; ie while using chrome w/ sense 4.0.
I would prefer AOSP/AOKP
But if you're asking between Sense, I would choose 4.0. Although there are still a few minor bugs here and there.
I finally flashed a Sense 4 ROM (ViperS by Team Venom) and went back to 3.6 because the menu button sticking around everywhere bugged the hell out of me.
I would choose sense 4 but only because sense 3.6 seems to have really a really big font. Everything looks crisper for me on sense 4. Sense 3.6 seems smoother but the huge font and the app tray bother me.
pottyvick said:
I would choose sense 4 but only because sense 3.6 seems to have really a really big font. Everything looks crisper for me on sense 4. Sense 3.6 seems smoother but the huge font and the app tray bother me.
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all fonts are changable with Font Canger (on google Play it's free)
i use sony sketch font and its small enought and beautiful
Sense 4.
It feels much more refined. At first when I saw it in a leaked video it looked horrible but after using it I like it.
Sense 4 for sure !
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I'd like to say 4, but I've tried two sense4 roms and both had horrible battery life. I went back to 3.6 and the battery life is much better.
I like 4 visually over 3.6 though.
Probably tried 80% of the desire s roms, I do like the sense 4 and love 4.1. The camera quality on 3,6 is much better and this is only reason for coming back to ICE DS V8 sense 3.6. Overclocked to 1500 get an antutu score of 5236.
I wud prefer sense 4 it's more refined n and has nice looks
hit thanks if I hve hlped you
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[Q] [AT&T One X]AOKP + Sense?

Hey all,
I was wondering if there is a way to PORT Sense to AOKP so I can have a mix of both. I'd be willing to look into doing it myself or with some guidance. I'm buying my girlfriend a HOX soon and she likes the AOKP on my One V but at the same time, she (for some reason) likes Sense (especially the animated weather, clock, etc. widgets). If someone knows of a ported version of the Sense widgets (with the animations), then that would also work.
Thanks, worldindo1.
If it could be done, I think it would have already been done. Someone correct me if I'm wrong..
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There is no aokp sense yet. There is a sense 4.5 port but it's very unstable. Buy her beautiful widgets. It has the big fancy clock and weather animations your girlfriend likes
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It may be possible to port some aokp features to a specific sense ROM but I've seen someone try and port some sense elements and it isn't that easy to make each app dependant upon itself instead of the sense framework
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The proprietary Sense features require a Sense base. No one has found a way around this and isn't likely to because the code for Sense is not open-source.
There are several Sense roms with AOKP elements.
worldindo1 said:
Hey all,
I was wondering if there is a way to PORT Sense to AOKP so I can have a mix of both. I'd be willing to look into doing it myself or with some guidance. I'm buying my girlfriend a HOX soon and she likes the AOKP on my One V but at the same time, she (for some reason) likes Sense (especially the animated weather, clock, etc. widgets). If someone knows of a ported version of the Sense widgets (with the animations), then that would also work.
Thanks, worldindo1.
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If you want the actual Sense clock, you have to use the Sense launcher. No way otherwise.
However you could use HD widgets to get a Sense like clock and flash CleanRom Dev to get a Sense ROM with AOSP styling.
Butters619 said:
If you want the actual Sense clock, you have to use the Sense launcher. No way otherwise.
However you could use HD widgets to get a Sense like clock and flash CleanRom Dev to get a Sense ROM with AOSP styling.
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Or search for fancy widget. Its an exact copy of the sense clock minus the animations
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area51avenger said:
There is no aokp sense yet. There is a sense 4.5 port but it's very unstable. Buy her beautiful widgets. It has the big fancy clock and weather animations your girlfriend likes
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Thanks for the tip! Just bought it and now I'm playing around with it myself.
Yeah i'd also like the combo aokp+sense. I must say mine n ur gf's thought are alike.
+1 for beautiful widgets. Use that and find a good sense theme for the theme chooser. There's like 3 or 4 in the android themes section here on xda alone. The average user wouldn't be able to tell the difference
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1655946
Technically almost anything is "possible", but rohan32 explained the complexity of porting the Sense camera here, and I assume the same applies to other Sense apps and widgets.
Basically, the amount of work to port over Sense components makes it infeasible. And you would have to port the Sense launcher as well, as even on Sense based ROMs, if you ditch the launcher, you lose the widgets. At that point, you may as well just be using a Sense ROM.

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