Hello dear Hero users,
I'm thinking of buying this beauty in the near future, but i was wondering if it's possible to disable the sense user interface. This is because i'm a bit sceptical, my current device is the Diamond and I must say that i'm not really a fan of the Touch Flo UI
Thanks in advance,
DaanJordaan
It is indeed possible.
Settings> Applications> Manage Applications> TouchFLO> Remove Defaults
Then when you press the home key, you will be given a choice of TouchFLO homescreen or the default Android homescreen. Choose the default homescreen, and select this as default. Then using taskiller or whatever, turn off the TouchFLO interface.
You'll then be taken back to the Android homescreen each time you press the home key instead of the HTC Sense UI.
Just a litlle FYI.
I also have both the Diamond and now the Hero.
Sense UI is so much more user friendly and smooth than touchflo3d.
Sense UI is much better and is simply a joy to use.
IMHO.
I agree. Once you've used the Sense UI, you won't want to turn it off.
IMO
the Sence UI is what TF3D on the Diamond should have been and done
i love it!
Just to add to this, I moved from the Diamond to the Hero. There is simply no comparison. Sense just works. Simple.
The level of customisation available is pretty amazing as well - there are loads of widgets in the Market as well to make it even more customised.
My main complaint with TF3D was the performance (it was pretty poor). Sense does not have any issues like that for me at least.
Thanks
Exactly Touch Flo is nice for a while, but eventually you start to notice the slow response, glitches, etc.
Very nice to hear that sense is smoother, just two more months and i'll be a proud owner of a Hero.
Thanks a lot guys,
Daanjordaan
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My Question is... Is there a rom out there thats uses the regular android interface but has 5 screens, landscape home view, and htc apps and widgets.
Im kinda half way there I flashed the modaco rom but the touchflo overlay keep crashing so when ever i hit the home button and it asked me which i'd rather use the touch flo or home I chose home just to see what would happen. The result is I almost got everthing I wanted. I got a fastest ui ,the standard android, and all the htc apps, ie dialer, people, calender etc. All that was missing was the widgets and the 5 screens.
So is there like an htc rom out there w/o the touch flo overlay?
there is some kind of app thats called expanded or something like that that allows you to use up to 10 desktops...
But you had to be root for it to work...
Ive seen and heard the device can be easily adjusted to my needs...
Im kinda wondering if i can remove the stocks and footprints from touchflo, and then add a newspaper widget for example, or a games/application menu.
Also, id like to use a real start menu instead of getting a list of icons when i press start.
Is this all changable?
anyone? is this hard to answer?
Is it possible with hacks/tweaks, or in settings, or not at all?
borgqueenx said:
Ive seen and heard the device can be easily adjusted to my needs...
Im kinda wondering if i can remove the stocks and footprints from touchflo, and then add a newspaper widget for example, or a games/application menu.
Also, id like to use a real start menu instead of getting a list of icons when i press start.
Is this all changable?
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You can do some of what you ask, but not all.
To remove tabs from the Sense UI, go to the Home page, click Menu, and select "Personalize Home Screen Tabs". You can re-order, remove and re-add tabs there. I don't have stocks or footprints either, as I have no need for them.
You can't (currently) just add a tab to the Sense UI. It's not widget based, so it isn't possible. It may become possible in the future, but I don't expect that to happen. You may be better off looking at something like PointUI Home. That's a FANTASTIC UI that is much more customisable than Sense. You can find out about that here.
Finally, the start menu is the windows start menu, so you're stuck with what you've got.... unless you try something like QuickMenu, which I used to use and would highly recommend. You can get that from here.
Hope this gets you closer to what you're after. Have fun
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You can do some of what you ask, but not all.
To remove tabs from the Sense UI, go to the Home page, click Menu, and select "Personalize Home Screen Tabs". You can re-order, remove and re-add tabs there. I don't have stocks or footprints either, as I have no need for them.
You can't (currently) just add a tab to the Sense UI. It's not widget based, so it isn't possible. It may become possible in the future, but I don't expect that to happen. You may be better off looking at something like PointUI Home. That's a FANTASTIC UI that is much more customisable than Sense. You can find out about that here.
Finally, the start menu is the windows start menu, so you're stuck with what you've got.... unless you try something like QuickMenu, which I used to use and would highly recommend. You can get that from here.
Hope this gets you closer to what you're after. Have fun
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wow that sucks alot.
I like the theme and eyecandy of SENSE UI, but not being able to add your own tabs sucks....ALOT.
I have not seen any other UI yet that is capable of bringing a similar high graphics and eyecandy experience.
Actually you can add your own tabs, but making a tab is not something that's easy.
borgqueenx said:
wow that sucks alot.
I like the theme and eyecandy of SENSE UI, but not being able to add your own tabs sucks....ALOT.
I have not seen any other UI yet that is capable of bringing a similar high graphics and eyecandy experience.
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Like I said, check out PointUI Home. It's VERY good.
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Like I said, check out PointUI Home. It's VERY good.
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ive seen iphone UI, point home UI, SPB shell....compare them to HTC sense...htc sense is alot better, but really lacks the "adding more tabs" function.
They could make sense UI such a success...but we are so limited with the functions of it now.
Think of it...
im making a own thread.
borgqueenx said:
ive seen iphone UI, point home UI, SPB shell....compare them to HTC sense...htc sense is alot better, but really lacks the "adding more tabs" function.
They could make sense UI such a success...but we are so limited with the functions of it now.
Think of it...
im making a own thread.
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You can make PointUI work exactly the same as Sense. You just need to spend time on it. Then, you will have a UI that looks and acts exactly like Sense, but you can add new tabs and widgets as you see fit.
It does do what you are asking, but you need to put time into it.
Anyway, as I've said to you in another thread, you really need to wait till you have the phone. You are asking lots of questions that you can't even try the answers for yet.
can a moderator lock this thread? i would like to continue this discussion in the other thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=610537
Coming from a G1 after two years and Cyanogen, I felt it was inevitable that I would hate Sense UI. I hated teh Hero version, but after being stuck with stock for two weeks and SlideMeRoot for another, I grew attached. I am now torn, whether I should move on to a more stock Android feel or wait for the Froyo update that will never come... I also ponder why we exist and how the universe works.
Yes it is for this reason I now establish the first SUAA. Sense UI Addicts Anonymous I thought I also would hate it, but I am close to installing the Launcher Pro Beta or whatever it's called to wean myself off of it.................... This group would have it's own steps: Step 1: Admitting that you have an addiction, but continue to clutter your device screen with widgets that aren't even really that useful and take up entire screens on the Home pages. Step 2: Install an alternate Home app Step 3: Don't look back and hope the update doesn't cause you to relapse.
How I got over my Sense UI addiction:
Switched to LauncherPro.
Got the Weather and Toggle Widget (you can also get Fancy Widget which is free). This replaces the HTC weather & clock widget.
Twitter + Facebook widgets on one screen. This replaces FriendStream.
That's about it. There's nothing else I liked about the Sense UI.
Original Sense UI = kickass
Espresso = Cheap TMO inspired UI with some real Sense UI widgets thrown in. IE. the weather widget.
I never understood how much I missed plain no-border icons until I finally installed one of Eugene's ROMs
chrisinaz said:
Original Sense UI = kickass
Espresso = Cheap TMO inspired UI with some real Sense UI widgets thrown in. IE. the weather widget.
I never understood how much I missed plain no-border icons until I finally installed one of Eugene's ROMs
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I can't stand the Original Sense UI tho... Maybe I'll finally flash SlideM... it is still sitting on my SDCARD.
I just flashed it last night and it was a welcome change over Espresso... at least for me.
Launcher Pro does have a cool setup for the actual app drawer / call button, messaging, etc etc with some cool preferences you can mess with. It's definitely worth a try.
The Sense UI grew on me as well. I'm now using SlideM and just added a few things back to it like mytouch radio, IME, alarm clock and so forth.
This Rom is fast and I love launcher pro, it's just kick ass and looks great with LWP. I can live without the Sense UI now. This will hold me over untill CM throws something our way.
Props to everyone for all the work so far on the Slide!
I hate to say it but I don't think I can go back to stock without something similar to the MyModes option. I have gotten an amazing amount of use out of that program. Also, the Friendstream/Clock widgets are better than other widgets in the same category.
Plus, I don't want to feel like I simply have a faster G1 (even though I still want to KILL the MyFaves app)
simplyTravis said:
I hate to say it but I don't think I can go back to stock without something similar to the MyModes option. I have gotten an amazing amount of use out of that program. Also, the Friendstream/Clock widgets are better than other widgets in the same category.
Plus, I don't want to feel like I simply have a faster G1 (even though I still want to KILL the MyFaves app)
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Down with MyFaves!!!! Lol If only they would get it right in the first place/
simplyTravis said:
I hate to say it but I don't think I can go back to stock without something similar to the MyModes option. I have gotten an amazing amount of use out of that program. Also, the Friendstream/Clock widgets are better than other widgets in the same category.
Plus, I don't want to feel like I simply have a faster G1 (even though I still want to KILL the MyFaves app)
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This. I like MyModes a lot, and the Faves app is terrible. (Really? We can only import one contact at a time? How's that for efficiency?)
Has anyone ever seen the amount of logging data that gets spit out by Faves and other Sense apps? It's like they forgot to switch "static final boolean DEBUG" to "false" before release. :-(
Hey mates,
i have this friend (he's the typical iDork) who keeps annoying me with comments about how ugly he finds my homescreens...
i used to have only one scene (The Sense HD remix scene in minimal grey).
now i'd like to install launcher pro and make it look awesome, custom icons, everything designed as minimal as it gets.
only problem, every time i hit "home" my beloved desire asks me what homescreen it should return to. i know i can make it remember one of the two, but if i want to change then, i'd have to work through the settings and options...
so, here's my request:
a SIMPLE, SEXY WIDGET, that can instantly change the launcher assigned to the home button. i think it's not much work to do, if the API allows apps to change settings (not sure about that).
I'm a C++ programmer with zero experience in java, so i can't do it myself.
finally, i'd like to know how i can mod the launcher pro in the ways seen around on this forum (e.g. Mnml Icons as buttons etc.)
Thanks for your time,
Max
PS: does anyone know a widget for email/sms with a minimal style, such as Cal Widget with transparent background.
Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > LauncherPro > Clear Defaults.
Do you need a widget for that? ..
this isn't my point
i want to be able to switch between two launchers FAST, so i have, let's say a private and a business launcher, one designed for usability, and the other for style.
i don't want to reassign the home button everytime i want to switch, thats why i wnat a widget, or a shortcut, which i just touch once.
but since it seems like i'm the only person here switching frequently between launchers, i guess i'll have to code something myself.
anyway, thx for your time.
Oh.
Not a bad idea.
Good luck.
maxupp said:
Hey mates,
i have this friend (he's the typical iDork) who keeps annoying me with comments about how ugly he finds my homescreens...
i used to have only one scene (The Sense HD remix scene in minimal grey).
now i'd like to install launcher pro and make it look awesome, custom icons, everything designed as minimal as it gets.
only problem, every time i hit "home" my beloved desire asks me what homescreen it should return to. i know i can make it remember one of the two, but if i want to change then, i'd have to work through the settings and options...
so, here's my request:
a SIMPLE, SEXY WIDGET, that can instantly change the launcher assigned to the home button. i think it's not much work to do, if the API allows apps to change settings (not sure about that).
I'm a C++ programmer with zero experience in java, so i can't do it myself.
finally, i'd like to know how i can mod the launcher pro in the ways seen around on this forum (e.g. Mnml Icons as buttons etc.)
Thanks for your time,
Max
PS: does anyone know a widget for email/sms with a minimal style, such as Cal Widget with transparent background.
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There is an app on the market that can do that.
TheRedDrake said:
There is an app on the market that can do that.
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HomeSwitcher.
Works from 1.5 - 2.1, I think.
Certainly doesn't support 2.2
zHk3R said:
HomeSwitcher.
Works from 1.5 - 2.1, I think.
Certainly doesn't support 2.2
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No,not home switcher. It was called easy switcher or something like that, can't say for sure. It supported widgets for quick switching also. I found several with similar function Launcher switcher/Home manager/, don't know if this one has widgets.
thanks mates,
homeswitcher does indeed not support android 2.2.
anyway, i found "Launcher Switcher" BUT:
- doesn't provide a widget
- sends me to the android settings screen, when i want to re-bind the home button
so, i stiiiiiiiiill haven't fouuuuuuuuund, what i'm looking foooooor....
Cleardefaulthome
It takes you straight to the current launcher info page where you press clear defaults, then press home and select the one you want. Its the best option atm.
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Hey guys, just wondering why some of you sware by sense. I am currently on Unity and the only thing I really use is the weather lock screen. I had to switch to Launcher Pro due to the lag of the stock launcher. I love eye candy but not at the cost of speed. Sense has always kind of been associated with the word lag it seems. So what do you guys like most about Sense and what you keeps you from moving away from it? What am I missing about these Sense ROMs?
Notification bar offer the last used applications and you can switch view to rapidly disconnect your Wifi, GPS, etc.
It's Eye-candy,the camera app contains lots of effect, you can locate your phone via htcsense.com, etc.
Also when you plug the phone to your computer you have a better interface with a lot of options like hotspot, internet computer->phone, internet phone->computer to PC AND Mac OS x.
It's awfully purty...
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Im on the awesome mexdroidmod rom, but I do miss a few aspects of sense. The lock screen is amazing, but what I really miss is the dialer and camera. I have tried many replacement apps for these but haven't found anything that suits me. I also seem to get better facebook and hotmail contact integration on sense roms. Still the speed of the non sense roms is more important to me.
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I swear by sense because it is exactly what I am used to. I used the HTC touch pro using sense for winmo and now sense for android. I like the feel and integration HTC has done for their UI.
I don't really use the Sense 3.0 (or Sense 2.0 for that matter) weather app at all.
What I do like about Sense is that it has the wifi hotspot available out of the box; no need for any extra apps to get that function.
Sense 3.0 camera also comes with the panoramic function which I think is quite handy.
I also like the quick settings available after dragging down the notifications tray. Not too sure if that's from Sense 3.0 or is it an added feature of Unity though, but it's handy and saves me from having to install the toggle widgets.
I like sense because it has the extra conveniences just like everyone likes using. I like the integration of FB contacts with the contacts. I really love how you can launch apps in the lock screen with 3.0
I dont like using the weather that much either, but the overlay is just very very pretty. Htc sense is one of the reasons android is better than iOS.
i'm on MIUI now, love MIUI's notification settings toggles, way better than sense 3.0... any way to import MIUI notification bar to non MIUI roms??
not much to complain about MIUI, some gps problems tough :/
Senses dock is so nonfunctional :/ only 3 shortcuts, and 2 of them are "useles". no need to keep customize button available @ dock. And then the appdrawer button, like to use launcher pros swipe up to open appdrawer.
I like sense too because it gives selection of usb connection types, MIUI only asks if i want to mount sdcard. for internet share, need to go though all the settings.
I'm on Unity now as well, and the Sense 3.0 launcher actually feels less laggy than past versions, especially considering all the animations. But you're right in alternate launchers are still faster/smoother, and also much customizable. I'm using ADW EX. People often ask, why use Sense if you aren't using the Sense launcher. But there is actually a lot to Sense, besides just the launcher.
The Sense camera continues to completely pwn the stock Android one in layout, looks and features. I also prefer the HTC dialer and keyboard over stock Android, although many of the differences for those are aesthetic, and its just a matter of personal preference. Of course Sense 3.0 has "trace" on the keyboard, but Swype is still better at this style of text input.
The notification area (with quick settings) and lockscreen (with fast launching of your favorite apps) on Sense 3.0 are quite nice. The HTC stock and weather apps are pretty nice too. Nothing special that can't be matched or beat by Market apps. But its nice to have apps that are integrated with the general theming of the ROM, no ads, etc.
Agree with above comment that the Sense dock is pretty useless. It takes up a lot of space for so little functionality. HTC actually added the ability to customize the dock apps for the version of Sense on the Flyer tablet. Hopefully, this is a feature they bring to the phone version of Sense.
one more thing, i like senses web browser app, it's great, is there a standalone app for nonsense phones?
Almost There Sense
For me, the things I like about sense are the social (wish tweeter and facebook were separate) and weather widgets, the lock screen and the overall look and feel.
Things that keep me on CM7 (with launcher pro) are: configuring of the dock, scrollable widgets, speed and free memory, no "The application HTC Sense (process com.htc.as) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again" messages.
If the dock on the Sense ROM was more configurable (may have 5 icons instead of 3) and scrollable widgets, then Sense might become my DD.
On a side note, I haven't tried Launcher Pro with Sense, so maybe there is something to try. Curious how many people use Sense with non-sense launchers.
-brad
I use sense with laucherpro. Main reason for me to use sense are the following:
-Smart Dialer
-Email app (unified mailbox)
-Contact list
-Calendar (like the way how it looks)
You probably can get these options by downloading some other apps, but i like to keep my phone as stock and functional possible.
I've used CM6 and CM7 and I always end up back on a Sense ROM (lately, Sense Unity), for several reasons:
1. Camera - the stock (and CM) camera experience is ABYSMAL. Completely terrible. The Sense camera app has so many more options and just gives a MUCH better experience.
2. Sharing - this is hard to explain, but in AOSP-based ROMs, when you click to share something, the intents menu that pops up ISN'T scrollable - that means, if you have lots of apps that tie into that menu, it may crowd out the one you want to use. In Sense ROMs, this submenu is scrollable, so I can access EVERYTHING on that list.
3. Exchange mail - the Sense mail app has several improvements in functionality over the stock one, including the ability to subscribe to folders (so they automatically update), an integrated inbox with all your subscribed folders, etc. It also looks MUCH better.
4. The Sense 3.0 lockscreen is freakin amazing. Anything prior to Sense 3.0, CM7's is actually better
5. Settings - Sense has the extras that let the ringer mute itself when you pick up the phone, switch to speakerphone by putting it face-down, etc etc. I *believe* the later versions of CM7 have that as well, but it wasn't commonplace until recently.
I use LauncherPro Plus, and have on all my phones, regardless of the ROM. The customization options and lower memory profile make it a slam-dunk. I don't use Sense Launcher and I don't use ADW, so all my Sense benefits are on the backend.
I haven't used the ROM's stock launcher since my HTC Hero running 1.5. My current choice is GO Launcher EX with the paid version of Colorize Widgets or the free GOWidgerts. I would love to figure out a way to run the Sense 3.0 widgets with a third-party launcher.
As many people have already mentioned, the Sense 3.0 weather lockscreen is great. I also love the "cylinder tumblers" style of setting date and time values. I hate having to click + and - buttons. The only way it could be better is if tapping on the value allowed you to type in the number, like in stock Android. Check out the implementation in the Sense Calendar app... it has click-stops every 15 minutes.
I tend to use 3rd-party replacements for everything else (dialer, SMS, keyboard), although the camera app is quite nice. If it were possible to get just the Sense 3.0 lockscreen (with wake/sleep-on-trackpad), I'd probably go back to running CM.