Hi Guys!!
I am thinking about upgrading to a new rom with sense 3.5..
I would love if you guys could outline the features or differences you found between stock and the new roms, Often it takes me a week to find half of the cool features, even when reading the changelog.
Looking forward to hearing what you guys have to say.
Thanks!!
ViperAMD said:
Hi Guys!!
I am thinking about upgrading to a new rom with sense 3.5..
I would love if you guys could outline the features or differences you found between stock and the new roms, Often it takes me a week to find half of the cool features, even when reading the changelog.
Looking forward to hearing what you guys have to say.
Thanks!!
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Main thing I noticed right away is 3.5 has 6 browser tabs versus 3 which has only 4.
ak29 said:
Main thing I noticed right away is 3.5 has 6 browser tabs versus 3 which has only 4.
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what browser tabs? confused.
beers
*Change Amount of Homescreens
*Better status bar
*Rotation animation (w/ beats)(beats on xe rom too)
*Better Dock theme
*Smoother(much faster than 3.0, transitions are better)
*Smaller overall(compare .zip sizes...)
*Newer, successor to 3.0....
*Better app compatibility, based on newer Gingerbread version
*New apps(usage monitor, better camera UI,etc...)
Here are my Pros of the new Sense....
^this...It's progressive! Why go backwards...
Thanks for that Ace! Good list! Are there any cool new widgets?
galaxys said:
^this...It's progressive! Why go backwards...
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I am going to go on 3.5 regardless, I'm just keen to hear what people find best about the new roms, as I always seem to miss the cool stuff until 3 weeks of use!
Does 3.5 use less ram than 3? How much does it typically require?
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I find one of the best changes is in the phone application it has people, call history, and groups under the dialer. Only thing I didn't like is in Messages it doesn't show a count of how many messages are in a thread.
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Sense 3.5 is a much much better update than 3.0..
It offers much more functionality than just eye candy. There are so many new changes. It's way faster aswell.
Also another new feature not mentioned by ace, you can have a different wallpaper for the lock screen and hime screen.
Upgrade. Now.
ROM size itself has gone from ~350Mb to ~320Mb - better features, smaller size; cleaner code.
One of the best touch-ups for me is when you press SEND on an SMS, you dont get the "please wait" wheel spinning and have to wait to get back into the Messages menu; its instant.
Small change, big difference
In Sense 3.5, when a new SMS is received or you have a missed call, you can drag the new SMS or missed call notification down to the lock ring to open directly.
Also, Sense 3.5 adds Outlook Tasks Synchronizing.
The volume change popup (after you press the vol+ or vol+), is now bigger & you can directly tap the speaker icon to mute/vibrate instead of pressing Vol- all the way down.
omar302 said:
In Sense 3.5, when a new SMS is received or you have a missed call, you can drag the new SMS or missed call notification down to the lock ring to open directly.
Also, Sense 3.5 adds Outlook Tasks Synchronizing.
The volume change popup (after you press the vol+ or vol+), is now bigger & you can directly tap the speaker icon to mute/vibrate instead of pressing Vol- all the way down.
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+1 for this tip...
that means i have a lot to explore on 3.5
Also sense 3.5 is 50% faster. It's been much more optimised
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I just want the official release asap gives us something to play with before ICS
Tirozz said:
I just want the official release asap gives us something to play with before ICS
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Why not use the custom ROMs based on the XE ROM? They are still rock stable
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda premium
Hey guys quick question, my favourite feature of MIUI 1.7 was the sms quick preview where the task bar would drop down and show a the SMS and give you the option to quickly reply to it. If you replied it would disappear again and pop up only if you got another message. And it could handle multiple messages with ease as well. I'm just wondering if there's a mod or a ROM that also has this nice little feature for people who text a lot. Right now I'm using Oodie MIUI and while the battery life is pretty good paired with speedy 7 (26 hours of light to moderate use) it doesn't really feel like an MIUI rom just yet.
SMS pop up is the closest thing I know of. That's the only thing I miss from MIUI. It was convenient.
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i really like this one ringtone on the sense 4 roms called Carry On. Was wondering if there is anyway i can extract that or even have a download link for this ringtone. Really hate sense 4 compare to ics 3.6 or any of the aokp or aosp roms. I trying to go back to other roms and definitely want that ringtone to come with me lol. Thank you if do have it or find a way to do it!!!!!
Here you go!
Ringtones and notification sounds can be found in System/media/audio
>< thank you for the file and thank you for that tip!
Hi Guys,
First post, a friend at work referred me here, thus far i've found the forums very useful.
One thing i cant find an answer for through xda or google is the ability to distinguish notification alerts.
Relevant to my query, I am using;
> HTC One XL (Telstra) Unlocked & rooted, STOCK ROM.
- Apex Pro Launcher
- Combination of XD widgets & Android Pro Widgets.
- Quick Profiles Pro
Whilst quick profiles pro really does the job i want it to do, i need to be able to identify different alerts;
- Email / Gmail
- SMS
Facebook would also be nice to set apart, but if it hasnt been thought of yet, the ability to differentiate between an sms alert tone and an email alert tone seems as though it should be a fairly remedial task, im wondering why in finding it so hard to find something to do this?
Wobzy said:
Hi Guys,
First post, a friend at work referred me here, thus far i've found the forums very useful.
One thing i cant find an answer for through xda or google is the ability to distinguish notification alerts.
Relevant to my query, I am using;
> HTC One XL (Telstra) Unlocked & rooted, STOCK ROM.
- Apex Pro Launcher
- Combination of XD widgets & Android Pro Widgets.
- Quick Profiles Pro
Whilst quick profiles pro really does the job i want it to do, i need to be able to identify different alerts;
- Email / Gmail
- SMS
Facebook would also be nice to set apart, but if it hasnt been thought of yet, the ability to differentiate between an sms alert tone and an email alert tone seems as though it should be a fairly remedial task, im wondering why in finding it so hard to find something to do this?
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In settings go to sounds, then notification and change the sound. This will be for emails. Open the sms app and open settings. Go to notification. This will be your sms sound.
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GalaxyMaster said:
In settings go to sounds, then notification and change the sound. This will be for emails. Open the sms app and open settings. Go to notification. This will be your sms sound.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Lol i cant beleive it was that simple, thanks so much.
On the topic, im not a fan of my tones list being cluttered up with stock tones i'll never use.
I have mounted R/W in root explorer to move the default tones to my sd card and back them up on my pc.
In their place i have loaded my custom mp3s, but when i try to assign them they do not appear;
- system/media/audio/notifications
- system/media/audio/ringtones
All threads i have viewed say to load customs on sdcard to;
- sdcard/media/audio/notifications
- sdcard/media/audioringtones
Neither ringtones or notifications load from this location.
I moved my ringtones back to;
- sdcard/ringtones
They appear in my list.
I tried this with notification tones;
- sdcard/notifications
They still dont appear when i try to assign them.
Same phone, unlocked & rooted HTC One XL Stock ROM Telstra.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sorted.
The files werent visible thru notifications settings when i put them there.
When i had a look again, they were mysteriously there.
I notice this happens when i sync my music for music player.
My playlists are empty for a number of hours before eventually just appearing.
Why is that?
Kind of like the quick reply option in AOSP/CM? I've seen a few in the Play Store, but they all appear kind of clunky. Any suggestions?
I've often used Chomp SMS in the past, which has the lockscreen quick-reply feature.
I used Chomp really extensively on my old Froyo/Gingerbread Desire Z, since the HTC Messaging app was really pretty inferior in past iterations of Sense. But I've found Sense 4 and 4+ to be a big improvement, and haven't been using Chomp on this phone.
But I really liked Chomp in the past. Its got a huge amount of customization features, and I found it to be pretty bug-free compared to some of the other popular 3rd-party SMS apps I tried.
'busa said:
Kind of like the quick reply option in AOSP/CM? I've seen a few in the Play Store, but they all appear kind of clunky. Any suggestions?
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Handcent ! i loved it you can customize it to the fullest even download themes for it from their server. And you can send Emoji's on it
SMS pop up does a pretty good job and keeps the stock messaging app and allows you to set specific notification tones for ppl etc.
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I think SMS pop up will get the job done. I wish the pop up had different theme options (to match my de-sensed sense ROM) but Jelly Bean style will work.