Sense widgets without using sense? - Droid Incredible General

I love several of the sense widgets. Is it possible to get them working on launcherpro or adw? Just curious. Thanks for the help.
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As far as I know the widgets hook into the Sense UI, but if they don't it seems like it wouldn't be hard to hack them to work with something like LauncherPro.

I don't believe modifying the Sense widgets to work with another launcher is even a legal procedure.

DigitalDementia said:
I don't believe modifying the Sense widgets to work with another launcher is even a legal procedure.
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Doesn't matter. If it can be done, it will be.

DigitalDementia said:
I don't believe modifying the Sense widgets to work with another launcher is even a legal procedure.
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lol too funny

xvenom89 said:
Doesn't matter. If it can be done, it will be.
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Obvious sarcasm is obvious good sir, also it's obviously not an easy procedure otherwise it would already have been done considering all the devices running sense and all the devs working with these devices and not one of them has yet to accomplish this.

DigitalDementia said:
Obvious sarcasm is obvious good sir, also it's obviously not an easy procedure otherwise it would already have been done considering all the devices running sense and all the devs working with these devices and not one of them has yet to accomplish this.
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Fancy widget - http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.fancywidget.android

stanfna said:
Fancy widget - http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.fancywidget.android
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For starters this is not a Sense widget this is a widget skinned to look like the HTC Sense clock widget. Secondly Beautiful Widgets did this first and also got a cease and desist letter from HTC much like these guys did. This is not a HTC widget that has been ported for use on a different launcher like the guy in the previous post has asked. So your response to mine is null and void due to the fact that it has nothing to do with the topic at hand or my statement. I never said that someone couldn't design widgets to look like the HTC Sense widgets I said the widgets themselves apparently can't be ported for use on other launchers. Thank you and try again

all i want is the Music widget

yojoe600 said:
all i want is the Music widget
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pure music widget is a skin for our music player. I use it with launcher pro. That way when you play music it still will let you skip songs from the lock screen.

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HTC widgets

Anyone have a package for them?
Really need them, my phone looks naked without em
Hero's Hero said:
Anyone have a package for them?
Really need them, my phone looks naked without em
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Judging from the comment I highlighted in bold by you; I'll presume you're running a Vanilla ROM. Meaning, you have none of the HTC stuff; no Roise, no widgets, etc.
Actually, what ROM are you running?
Theres always beautiful widgets but I don't think they look all that great.
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Hero's Hero said:
Anyone have a package for them?
Really need them, my phone looks naked without em
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If you're using SushiROM, like I suggested in an earlier thread you started, you've got a ROM that has stripped sense out. The HTC Widgets rely on sense.
Personally, I hate Sense. It's slow and clunky and just not that amazing. But that's my opinion.
As someone stated above, Beautiful widgets is great. I use it. I think it's, like, $2 on the market. The PureWidgets series is great, too. They're another paid widget, but I use the weather and grid calendar widgets. They work great!
I hope this helps
EDIT:
I did some searching, and I came up with this:
http://slideme.org/application/wf-clock-widget
It looks a lot like the HTC Clock widget, so it might work. It's free, too. I've never tried it, so for all I know, it could be buggy as hell or not even work at all... but, hey... it's a start
The only reason I am sticking with sense is for the People, Music and Mail widgets, does anyone know if there are similar non-sense widgets. The only mail widgets I found on the market had bad ratings, so I didnt try them.
lineman78 said:
The only reason I am sticking with sense is for the People, Music and Mail widgets, does anyone know if there are similar non-sense widgets. The only mail widgets I found on the market had bad ratings, so I didnt try them.
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People works fine without sense. I use it.
The AOSP music app is pretty top-notch. I've never tried it, but there are a lot of people who like Mixzer (I think that's what it's called)
And I use Gmail, and the amazing Gmail app, so I can't really help you on the mail app. Sorry.
There is no people widget outside of Sense. I have found some alternatives for the others, going to give them a try for a while. Will post what I find works/looks best. Using Launcher 2...
My HTC Widgets Disappeared
I just installed freshtoast v2.0 (the one released to donaters on 5/9/10), and now all my HTC widgets have disappeared. No clock, no calendar, etc. Is there a way to get them back? I really don't want to wipe. I would much prefer an .apk or some other means of pushing them to the phone. Any suggestions?

[Q] Is there anyway to add HTC Sense to this phone?

Is it possible to add HTC Sense to the Samsung Epic? Is there a launcher that can do this or just complete different UI theme or even a complete ROM? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
youngnick09 said:
Is it possible to add HTC Sense to the Samsung Epic? Is there a launcher that can do this or just complete different UI theme or even a complete ROM? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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LauncherPro is an alternative launcher that can be used with the epic -- However, although there is 'HTC Sense' themse for the launcher itself, I think they would have to be ported over for it to work.
TouchWiz is great, I had hero before epic. In my opinion TW definitely out performs Sense, and isn't as bulky. First question everyone will ask you is "Why not just bye the evo if you wanted Sense?"
id_twin said:
LauncherPro is an alternative launcher that can be used with the epic -- However, although there is 'HTC Sense' themse for the launcher itself, I think they would have to be ported over for it to work.
TouchWiz is great, I had hero before epic. In my opinion TW definitely out performs Sense, and isn't as bulky. First question everyone will ask you is "Why not just bye the evo if you wanted Sense?"
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I have the Epic Experience ROM currently flashed I think, and it has Launcher Pro (I also think, ha). What you're saying is that there are HTC Sense themes for Launcher Pro? Mind explaining how I would be able to change the theme of Launcher Pro to have HTC Sense? And there's a simple, easy answer for that question; The Epic has a nice keyboard that the EVO does not.
You will need to do some google work. First find a LauncherPro sense theme. Then research how to port it over to epic.
youngnick09 said:
Is it possible to add HTC Sense to the Samsung Epic? Is there a launcher that can do this or just complete different UI theme or even a complete ROM? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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You can add Sense UI by buying an EVO
As far as actually adding HTC Sense to this phone: It won't happen mostly because Sense is all closed source.
youngnick09 said:
Is it possible to add HTC Sense to the Samsung Epic? Is there a launcher that can do this or just complete different UI theme or even a complete ROM? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Your question will be answered tomorrow. Wink wink, hint hint, nudge nudge.
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bubby323 said:
Your question will be answered tomorrow. Wink wink, hint hint, nudge nudge.
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So that is Wisdom huh? So is there no AOSP update tonight either?
um....why would you want that ugly shiz
youngnick09 said:
I have the Epic Experience ROM currently flashed I think, and it has Launcher Pro (I also think, ha). What you're saying is that there are HTC Sense themes for Launcher Pro? Mind explaining how I would be able to change the theme of Launcher Pro to have HTC Sense? And there's a simple, easy answer for that question; The Epic has a nice keyboard that the EVO does not.
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Its actually available on launcher pro plus which is the paid version for widgets to become available. You can buy it thru the market or 4shared is your friend. ;-)
Zei said:
um....why would you want that ugly shiz
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I have a evo as well with sense custom rom and it a lot more functional as far as features go. I love sense, to bad its not availble on the epic. You can always get an evo however the evo doesn't compare to the epic in power. Movies, games and eveything looks better on the epic thanks to it gpu and super amoled.
I think ROM devs might be able to port it over, but we might have to wait for HTC to release a phone similar enough to ours first. That's what happened on my old G1, at least.
illogic6 said:
As far as actually adding HTC Sense to this phone: It won't happen mostly because Sense is all closed source.
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That doesn't make it an impossible task, there's always decompilers, computer science forensics, and educated guess-work that could probably accomplish the job. Whether or not anyone would be willing to take the time to do it is another question.
Of course someone who can code could just start from scratch to build something that gives the same front end results as sense whether or not the back end is actually sense probably wouldn't matter to the end user.

Getting Sense UI Widgets on Nexus One, Like Bookmarks

Hey guys. I'm wondering if it's possible to get some of the very nice looking HTC Sense Widgets on our Stock, or Vanilla 2.2 Phones. I have a N1 running CM6.1 Nightly and I'd love some Sense UI Widgets.
Yes I have Beautiful Widgets, and that is nice. But I'm looking for stuff like there Bookmarks Widget, and there Calls or Call Log, and the People Widget, or things like those. Is this possible? I love the bookmarks widget on Sense, that is one of the main things I want. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Hey guys. I'm wondering if it's possible to get some of the very nice looking HTC Sense Widgets on our Stock, or Vanilla 2.2 Phones. I have a N1 running CM6.1 Nightly and I'd love some Sense UI Widgets.
Yes I have Beautiful Widgets, and that is nice. But I'm looking for stuff like there Bookmarks Widget, and there Calls or Call Log, and the People Widget, or things like those. Is this possible? I love the bookmarks widget on Sense, that is one of the main things I want. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Impossible to get the actual widgets on stock android...however you can download LauncherPro and pay for the plus features and it comes with a slew of sense style widgets (resizable too so IMO better)
and for ADW Launcher there are free and paid widgets u can download from the market which work well with it.
I wonder why we can't extract the widgets from Sense.. that sucks.
and I've never gave Launcher Pro an honest try, so maybe I should check it out. but ADW is integrated into CM6. I've looked on the market. There doesn't seem to be any good Bookmark Widgets out so that might be a no go. But thanks!
the launcher pro plus is the way to go...yes it isn't free but it is well worth it. LauncherPro itself doesn't support widgets, the paid version does though it is available thru the app and not thru the market.
just the extra's. I'll be looking into it now I guess. Thanks!
try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....
b1337 said:
try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....
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For every post on the forum someone will respond "USE THE SEARCH FEATURE, THATS BEEN ASKED ALREADY" - I think that was the point of his question as it was worded, "...can u lead me to" - not to mention the person who types that response almost never includes the helpful link to the question being asked - I ask "why is that?" Comeon helpful forum community be helpful - for the record I've only once used the search feature n found what I was looking for - this is way too much information to be sorted this old way - SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO A NIGHTLY BUILD FOR THIS FORUM
I use the Twitter, Facebook and Calendar widgets in Launcher Pro Plus and they're great.
You won't be disappointed in the purchase.
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xguntherc said:
I wonder why we can't extract the widgets from Sense.. that sucks.
and I've never gave Launcher Pro an honest try, so maybe I should check it out. but ADW is integrated into CM6. I've looked on the market. There doesn't seem to be any good Bookmark Widgets out so that might be a no go. But thanks!
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This is because HTC widgets rely on large chunks of HTC framework, "melted" among AOSP code. The way to go would be to backport some of it back into AOSP, AND largely modify the widgets to make them not rely as much on Sense. Highly impractical.
If I recall correctly, adding HTC widgets was tried by people online on ADW on HTC phones, and it wouldn't work because you cannot use them outside of the HTC Sense launcher.
For the call log, get the last call widget. Tapping the left will open up the whole call log, and on the right you can make a direct call back.
For the people widget, give picture dial a try.
picture dial is the way to go...
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try using the SEARCH button this question has been asking at least 200 times....
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Yes thanks for nothing.. I tried search, half the posts I saw had no replies and many weren't the same question. But thanks for posting nothing of use but to be rude..
To the rest that have replied and been helpful. Thanks. I'll try call log and Picture dial now. Thanks
Yeah dont mind xda grannies, I've had to deal with them before. They usually have sand in their va-jay-jays
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grannies.. as in oldies.. his 100 posts don't make him a grannie. lol. But thanks for looking out! haha!
Picture dial is sweet
Launcher Pro
I'm running completely stock and Launcher Pro is the best all in one solution I've found. I paid for the full version have not regretted it. There are several very useful Sense-like widgets (Bookmarks, Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Friends [which is all your social networking feeds in one], Messaging, People [which is your contacts]). It also allows your homescreens to rotate to landscape, gives you a customizable and scrollable dock. I also find that it scrolls much more smoothly than the stock launcher.
Well worth the purchase price.
Dialer one is almost an exact replica of the sense dialer FWIW and free.
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xguntherc said:
grannies.. as in oldies.. his 100 posts don't make him a grannie. lol. But thanks for looking out! haha!
Picture dial is sweet
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if u search in the correct sub-forum you would see plenty of results...
Get launcher pro, he pulled the code from htc sense and now charges for it.
JCopernicus said:
Get launcher pro, he pulled the code from htc sense and now charges for it.
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That's a pretty blunt way of saying things. You telling me you can prove he stole the code from htc and htc is taking so damn long to pull a cease and desist?
And he's currently rewriting the code from scratch so it should be a different beast altogether in the next version.
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That's a pretty blunt way of saying things. You telling me you can prove he stole the code from htc and htc is taking so damn long to pull a cease and desist?
And he's currently rewriting the code from scratch so it should be a different beast altogether in the next version.
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Cease and desist between two countries with loose IP laws? That's a waste of time.
Look at his earlier .apks you'll find HTC assets in the res folder that have nothing to do with the launcher at those points. *oops*

[Q] Stock Android News/Weather widget/app on Sense?

Is there any way to get the stock news/weather app/widget on the MT4G's stock sense? You know, the stock android one that has top stories and weather? I can't use the cute flip clock widget for weather anymore - it looks cool, but I like to have a more detailed weather report than just high/low temp. The stock weather has more info and a great UI, plus I'd like to save screen space and use it for my news also.
Anyway, any way to get it?
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Is there any way to get the stock news/weather app/widget on the MT4G's stock sense? You know, the stock android one that has top stories and weather? I can't use the cute flip clock widget for weather anymore - it looks cool, but I like to have a more detailed weather report than just high/low temp. The stock weather has more info and a great UI, plus I'd like to save screen space and use it for my news also.
Anyway, any way to get it?
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Those widgets are built on the sense framework. You must be using a ROM that is Sense based to get it.
neidlinger said:
Those widgets are built on the sense framework. You must be using a ROM that is Sense based to get it.
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I know - I am on Sense, well on "mysense" aka TMO Sense at least. I have the Sense news and weather widgets, but I want the Stock one.
sunsean said:
I know - I am on Sense, well on "mysense" aka TMO Sense at least. I have the Sense news and weather widgets, but I want the Stock one.
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I'm running a ROM with stock Sense, but I can't figure out which widget you're missing.
I believe you are talking about the genie widget, its the google news/weather app. I have it on my stock t-mo rom, pulled it from cm6 and just installed it like any other app.
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I believe you are talking about the genie widget, its the google news/weather app. I have it on my stock t-mo rom, pulled it from cm6 and just installed it like any other app.
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@TeeJay: sorry I missed your post, but yes I'm talking about the one that sleepyfu is talking about.
So you can just install it like a regular app? Lol I don't know why I thought that couldn't be done...I'll try to find the apk, thanks.
Lol, hilarity ensues. Do you just like start a new account every few days? Thanks for the helpful post.
Er... The OP asked if it is possible to get stock Android widgets on a phone using Sense ROM. Most answers seem to focus on the completely opposite issue: "You can't run Sense widgets under stock Android ROM". Why? Does anyone actually read the questions these days?
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TheKorbenDallas said:
Er... The OP asked if it is possible to get stock Android widgets on a phone using Sense ROM. Most answers seem to focus on the completely opposite issue: "You can't run Sense widgets under stock Android ROM". Why? Does anyone actually read the questions these days?
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Yes we read. even someone with a Sense ROM said "I don't know what widget you are talking about".... so it must be something different that what Sense has....
i wish we were all perfect like you.
And yes you can run AOSP .apk's on Sense's framework.
To the OP here it is; if you are talking about the one in my attached picture....you can download it from here.
http://db.tt/RTZ8I3G
Just download the apk, install it and pick the widget
Oh i see 2 nice 'widgets'
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Oh i see 2 nice 'widgets'
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One is the AOSP news and weather widget and the other is minimalist text.
I see that my humor had failed...
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I see that my humor had failed...
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I knew what you were looking.... i mean talking about
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I have Fancy Widget version 1.3 that I believe they pulled because it looked too much like HTC sense flip clock and weather widget...it's flippin' identical (pun intended). Look for Fancy Widget version 1.3 apk and that will get your clock and weather widget...when you click on the weather it brings up a 4 day forecast and gives you the option to bring your browser to your favorite weather website...wouldn't leave home without it!
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Yes we read. even someone with a Sense ROM said "I don't know what widget you are talking about".... so it must be something different that what Sense has....
i wish we were all perfect like you.
And yes you can run AOSP .apk's on Sense's framework.
To the OP here it is; if you are talking about the one in my attached picture....you can download it from here.
http://db.tt/RTZ8I3G
Just download the apk, install it and pick the widget
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Thank you! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
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Thank you! That's exactly what I'm talking about.
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Cool glad it worked out for you.
And in the process i found a SUPER easy way for pulling .apks..... we both win.

[Poll] Do you want HTC Sense's boot sound and ring tone in GingerDX?

Many of you may know that I'm in the progress of "Sensify" my GingerDX. So it raises a small question.
As the title says, do you want Sense's boot sound and ringtone instead of current one?
No, it's stupid. This is SE, who wants HTC is free to go buy one.
IT UP TO YOU DUDE IT IS YOUR ROM AFTER ALL
sure if people dont like it thay can edit it there self.
so if "YOU" like the htc boot sound and ringtone do it
as im very greatful that your putting your rom up
so it up to YOU dude
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IT UP TO YOU DUDE IT IS YOUR ROM AFTER ALL
sure if people dont like it thay can edit it there self.
so if "YOU" like the htc boot sound and ringtone do it
as im very greatful that your putting your rom up
so it up to YOU dude
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i coldn't say it better dx, it's your choice if you want it or not
BIG JD said:
IT UP TO YOU DUDE IT IS YOUR ROM AFTER ALL
sure if people dont like it thay can edit it there self.
so if "YOU" like the htc boot sound and ringtone do it
as im very greatful that your putting your rom up
so it up to YOU dude
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I Agree =)
Doomguy said:
No, it's stupid. This is SE, who wants HTC is free to go buy one.
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Many don't have the money to buy..so don't say it is stupid..I personally would like to have it..but as the others said it is up to you..it is your Rom..
I´m using a different bootanimation and a mp3 file as ringtone, so.....just do what you want (-:
Ok guys, so the decision is made.
If you can, HTC Launcher please !!
Or it's widget (clock, messaging, friends stream,dll.)
Also a setting for Power Saver (it's there, at Salsa sense racht)
Many of us want HTC features at X8 !
(bootanimation too!)
(oops, too many request, it's up to you )
howardmatthew168 said:
If you can, HTC Launcher please !!
Or it's widget (clock, messaging, friends stream,dll.)
Also a setting for Power Saver (it's there, at Salsa sense racht)
Many of us want HTC features at X8 !
(bootanimation too!)
(oops, too many request, it's up to you )
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i think that sense launcher work only on sense roms and sense widgets are working only on sense launcher, it means that if you want sense widgets you need sense rom
fifo171 said:
i think that sense launcher work only on sense roms and sense widgets are working only on sense launcher, it means that if you want sense widgets you need sense rom
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Oh yeah... Forgot that things hehe... but Sense is very cool... i love it...
But i cant buy HTC phones.
No, it's stupid. This is SE, who wants HTC is free to go buy one.
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Oh, buy it yourself.
fifo171 said:
i think that sense launcher work only on sense roms and sense widgets are working only on sense launcher, it means that if you want sense widgets you need sense rom
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search lp sense ui laucher it work
or check second last page on gdx.. their is my post with laucher and clock
@doixanh If you include it, pleae make setting to enable/disable it.
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@doixanh If you include it, pleae make setting to enable/disable it.
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Exactly! Please, DX don't make anything that the user cannot easily remove! I fully respect people who wants to make their SE looking like an HTC, but for me it's like putting a BMW logo on a FIAT. Would you drive such vehicle? Personally, i would NOT, it looks kinda ridiculous.
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Exactly! Please, DX don't make anything that the user cannot easily remove! I fully respect people who wants to make their SE looking like an HTC, but for me it's like putting a BMW logo on a FIAT. Would you drive such vehicle? Personally, i would NOT, it looks kinda ridiculous.
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Sorry but it is not like this I think..it is more like improving..and you disable If you want it..lets be realistic..it is not so hard..
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I think that having the same bootsound and the same ringtone of an HTC has nothing to do with the improving of the phone, it's just a personal taste. I was especially referring to those people claiming for the HTC logo during the boot: don't you think that is a kind of ridiculous "wannabe"?
On the other hand, I really appreciate the work Dx has done like the sense lockscreen but I really don't understand how can be nice to see an htc logo on a SE...
Just my opinion
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Why do you people like HTC Sense so much?!
It's ugly,boring,gray,crowded and confusing.The wallpaper is girly.The ringtones are all the same.I just can't see any reason to like it.
SE style is much,much better,airy,open and neat.
doixanh,I appreciate your work,your ROMs are great,but that's completely unnecessary.
in my opinion, it is up to the user.. if dx want to put it, and for the others who dont want it, they may ignore it.. just customize your phone with your style.. in fact, the HTC stuff can be remove.. if dx want to include it, so be it.. lol
DougTheModder said:
I think that having the same bootsound and the same ringtone of an HTC has nothing to do with the improving of the phone, it's just a personal taste. I was especially referring to those people claiming for the HTC logo during the boot: don't you think that is a kind of ridiculous "wannabe"?
On the other hand, I really appreciate the work Dx has done like the sense lockscreen but I really don't understand how can be nice to see an htc logo on a SE...
Just my opinion
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Oh well, for 10000000th time, it's personal taste. I like Sense interface. They're brilliant to me. And thus, I have motivation to "sensify" my GingerDX.
G.Trenchev said:
Why do you people like HTC Sense so much?!
It's ugly,boring,gray,crowded and confusing.The wallpaper is girly.The ringtones are all the same.I just can't see any reason to like it.
SE style is much,much better,airy,open and neat.
doixanh,I appreciate your work,your ROMs are great,but that's completely unnecessary.
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See above. You like SE style, but I don't. You are free to apply any SE theme in Theme and App section. Just do what you want. And I do what I like.
Go ahead. It's your rom, and if people don't want it, it's their problem. You are free to do anything you want with your personal rom. Actually, I don't really think you need a poll at all. If they don't want HTC style roms, they can switch to MiniCM or GingerCruzt etc.

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