Iwas not a fan of HTC Sense before, but I love the new version. What really bothers me though, is all the wasted blank space on my 4x4 homescreen, plus it looks really weird.
I have searched the forum, and have not found any Rosie.apk 4x5 mod for HTC Sense 4.1 on the One S. I have tried a few made for other phones, but no luck.
I then followed the guide to decompile rosie.apk, made the right edits, recompiled it, but my modded apk does not work.
Would a kind soul be able to this for me?
Would like this, too
I'd like to see this as well. *fingers crossed*
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I've found a mod in the sensation thread and works on viper, but the 4x4 widgets don't look good
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1828573
This.. so much this. Preferably as a universal Mod for any Sense ROM. The weird wasted space almost makes me want to use a different launcher on top of Sense instead.
ilboapie: how did you get that zip to install, both versions failed in TWRP.
Also, an AOSP style Dialer / Contacts for Sense would be great as well.
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i am currently using the virtuous 2.5 rom and have been trying out skyraider vanilla and wanna switch to it except i cant seem to give up the clock widget. is there anyway to get it on the other roms? i prefer other roms to the stock sense i just cant get over the clock as weird as that sounds.
sirmims said:
i am currently using the virtuous 2.5 rom and have been trying out skyraider vanilla and wanna switch to it except i cant seem to give up the clock widget. is there anyway to get it on the other roms? i prefer other roms to the stock sense i just cant get over the clock as weird as that sounds.
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No not weird at all. I'm the same way. At last some one that understands. I've been using Beautiful Widgets very similar. Not the clock and weather toggle. I bought that and it wasn't quite up to par. No raindrops on the glass or clouds and thunder. Beautiful Widgets was worth the money though. I was going to check this Digital Clock out too. Just haven't yet. If you try it let me know how you like it.
sirmims said:
i am currently using the virtuous 2.5 rom and have been trying out skyraider vanilla and wanna switch to it except i cant seem to give up the clock widget. is there anyway to get it on the other roms? i prefer other roms to the stock sense i just cant get over the clock as weird as that sounds.
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The sense widgets REQUIRE sense framework and the rosie launcher.
There was an app that was pulled from the market called 'Fancy Widget'. All I will say is that it was pulled via C&D by HTC themselves for being 'too similar' to the proprietary clock widget you are looking for.
"Fancy Widget" Google is your friend.
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The sense widgets REQUIRE sense framework and the rosie launcher.
There was an app that was pulled from the market called 'Fancy Widget'. All I will say is that it was pulled via C&D by HTC themselves for being 'too similar' to the proprietary clock widget you are looking for.
"Fancy Widget" Google is your friend.
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Yeah Fancy Widget is the one run by the Weather and Toggle app you have to buy to make it run. Not really what the sense clock is like. I liked the Beautiful Widgets way better. You can play with different skins till you find one that suits you and the Boca weather skin is just like the sense weather.
Actually. That is not correct. Fancy Widget is different and you can Google it. I use it because you can set if to update more frequently. If the stock app updated every 30 minutes like you can set Fancy Widget to do I would still be using it...
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what about other HTC widgets? I would love to use LauncherPro but I have to have the HTC Photo Album widget to show off my new baby girl. I know there are other photo widgets and I have tried almost all of them but none can compare to the HTC. Please help I am sick of using the rest of Sense....
Every HTC specific widget cannot be run on any Launcher except Rosie and cannot be ported without making an exact replica with the same images like Fancy Widget. People need to realize this and stop asking.
There is a separate Widget named Fancy Widget, it was pulled from the Market, because... IT IS EXACTLY the same as HTC clock, they literally copied the images. It is wonderful, a little more flexible, and can be setup to check more often, and launch whichever clock and weather app you choose when you touch.... Only thing it does not do is animations. Google "Fancy Widget apk" and really look as stated prior if you want the HTC clock...
If you want something attractive, slightly different, and still free check out
Weather Widgets (yr.no) http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.ermesjo.yr I switch between this and Fancy Widget based on how I am feeling lol
As for anyone missing other HTC widgets... support Launcher Pro and purchase Launcher Pro Plus, the widgets are very comparable... and the guy has written a wonderful piece of software... so pay the 2.99!!
I just downloaded Fancy Widget 1.3 and it is basically the same exact thing as the HTC Sense Clock widget but it allows you to configure what application it launches when you hit the weather icon, date or time. I just installed it and haven't seen if it does the weather animations but I could care less about that.
I notice on some of the coredroid 4.0 photos they show 5 columns of apps, how do I do this? Mine defaults to 4. Is there an easy way to squeeze more apps on the screen?
That's a modified launcher. I think there are a couple of links to them in the dhd forums. Look for 5 column Rosie. Rosie is the name of the HTC launcher.
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That's a modified launcher. I think there are a couple of links to them in the dhd forums. Look for 5 column Rosie. Rosie is the name of the HTC launcher.
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When you say modified launcher, is it an add-on I need to flash or what's the process for installing\searching for them? Do they have to be specific to the ROM I have? I use coredroid, so I assume it's not just a setting I can change?
Sorry for the noob question.
Modifying the sense launcher is typically done via a cwm flashable zip.
does the modified launcher also include the sense widgets?
Here's a snapshot of my home screen.
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/897/dsc01722k.jpg
I use launcher pro. IMO it's the best.
Looks very sleek and sophisticated.
Very customizable. How many rows/columns you want.
3D app drawer.
Launcher pro widgets and icons optional.
change which icons are on your home bar.
I think it uses less memory than rosie too.
and it's free and you don't have to flash it. Just download the apk from the market.
Read somewhere you could replace the Rosie.apk file in system/apps with the apk of choice (ICS 4.0 Launcher in this case).
I tried this and it didn't yield positive results.
Essentially only doing this because I'd like a dock bar with 5 apps instead of the crappy "apps - phone - personalize" on Sense 3.0.
Also not willing to use ARHD 6.0.x as my everyday rom so would like a way to get a new launcher and dock bar but keep the sense widgets.
I know it's a big ask, but hopefully someone can help.
Please, one at a time
Sense widgets require Rosie to run. It's been this way since sense on android was released.
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Bummer. Will just have to wait for 6.0.x to get stable enough!
Thanks for the answer
Does anybody know if it's possible to get the transparent Statusbar when using Nova launcher? I'm running ViperXL 2.0 and tried changing the settings in Venom Tweaks but it seems that it only wants to work for Rosie.
Did you see the transparency option for all other apps? Pretty sure that's what you're looking for.
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Did you see the transparency option for all other apps? Pretty sure that's what you're looking for.
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. I like the way that Sense handles the transparency (i.e. transparent on the home screen, black while not). I don't know if there's anyway to do this without using Rosie though.
I can't find a way to make that work either. The closest I could come was to open rosie after a reboot. Then the changes carry over to Nova. But ultimately I started to see some times where it became transparent on apps. It wasn't all the time, but often enough to just stick with the always 3D "rounded" black version.
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I dont know if this is at all possible without theming but I was curious if you could get the sense 4+ on an aosp rom. Maybe not all the extra apps like the music and messaging and camera but the lockscreen and the widgets. I have tried all sorts of stuff with go launcher and beautiful widgets but they just don't do it justice. Is there a way to port this???? Has it already been done?
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I dont know if this is at all possible without theming but I was curious if you could get the sense 4+ on an aosp rom. Maybe not all the extra apps like the music and messaging and camera but the lockscreen and the widgets. I have tried all sorts of stuff with go launcher and beautiful widgets but they just don't do it justice. Is there a way to port this???? Has it already been done?
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First of all, this should be in the Q&A section. Secondly, the closest you will get is a modded Sense ROM. I jumped ship from sense as fast as I could so I don't really follow the news, but I have heard that Viper ROM is the most AOSP-like Sense ROM.
No... Certain aspects or sense rely on the sense launcher... Like the clock...idk about the lockscreen...but mostly everything else is a no go on a diff launcher
Sense is very heavily tied into the framework. Ports are possible, like when I had a captivate there was a sense port but it was extremely unstable. It's just not worth the hassle really
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you could always use a senseless rom so you could have other launchers but have sense lockscreen still
Go with Viper rom, use Apex or Nova launchers. You will have an Aosp style launcher while still maintaining the lockscreens, and HD Widgets will look just like sense.
XNine said:
Go with Viper rom, use Apex or Nova launchers. You will have an Aosp style launcher while still maintaining the lockscreens, and HD Widgets will look just like sense.
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In my experience all third-party launchers introduce a notable lag (compared to Rosie) when opening home screens, app drawer, etc. And this is with all possible animations and other eye candy turned off. Seems that as long as Sense is running in the background you have to go through an extra layer to get to the Launcher.