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Is the phone that much faster without Sense? Is it any better on the battery? I like the Sense apps but have thought of switching to vanilla if I can get better battery life and less occasional lag (like its really that bad ).
Just looking for Pros and Cons...Is ADW a good alternative? I tried Launcher Pro and it seemed run slow, maybe because sense was running behind it.
Vanilla is better, but is not fasteror better onbattery.
Launcher pro is the best launcher
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I just prefer vanilla over sense, no technical reason why. Also, I second the vote for LauncherPro.
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I like sense myself..after having trield vanilla and launcher pro..Launcher pro MAY be needing resources a bit more than sense and vanilla.. as these two are built in.. while Launcher pro is an app.
kriskmk said:
I like sense myself..after having trield vanilla and launcher pro..Launcher pro MAY be needing resources a bit more than sense and vanilla.. as these two are built in.. while Launcher pro is an app.
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I second this. I just used Sky Raiders 2.2 vanilla and while it was amazing in the battery department it was not all that great in the UI arena IMO. I just missed some of the features that you have with sense.
I prefer sense, mostly because of it's better Exchange integration. I like the tweaks and additional functionality that Sense provides.
Kipphh said:
I second this. I just used Sky Raiders 2.2 vanilla and while it was amazing in the battery department it was not all that great in the UI arena IMO. I just missed some of the features that you have with sense.
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I think it was lacking in the ui because it is a mix of vanilla and sense. Some theming will clear that up.
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I really like the 5 buttons on the bottom of Launcher Pro as apposed to the sense bar with 3 buttons. But LauncherPro just didn't seem as smooth with sense running the BG and all I could think about was how it would kill my battery with Sense running all the while I have LauncherPro going.
I run the stock rom with Launcher Pro as my default rom and nandroid backup. I use Advanced Task Killer to kill sense and all the non critical supporting processes and apps. My battery life is about the same as before I switched over to this configuration, and my phone does seem to run about as smooth as it did with sense. I have used ADW and a couple others, as well as the stock vanilla android, and I like Launcher Pro the best. I get some stability issues here and there, but LP just restarts and all is well in the world. I also use the Beautiful Widgets clock/weather widget, it may contribute to the occasional force closes, but they'e not frequent enough to concern me.
dark_blue said:
I run the stock rom with Launcher Pro as my default rom and nandroid backup. I use Advanced Task Killer to kill sense and all the non critical supporting processes and apps. My battery life is about the same as before I switched over to this configuration, and my phone does seem to run about as smooth as it did with sense. I have used ADW and a couple others, as well as the stock vanilla android, and I like Launcher Pro the best. I get some stability issues here and there, but LP just restarts and all is well in the world. I also use the Beautiful Widgets clock/weather widget, it may contribute to the occasional force closes, but they'e not frequent enough to concern me.
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likewise I used to be an avid ATK (Advanced Task Killer) user.. but after having read how android OS works and reading plenty of expert articles.. apparently using a task killer is COUNTER PRODUCTIVE to saving memory and battery.. you can google this if you want.. Android OS has built in file and RAM allocation management systems.. the ATKs will kill a task before it has a chance to shut down itself.. resulting in depletion of resources necessarily.
jdkoreclipse said:
Vanilla is better, but is not fasteror better on battery.
Launcher pro is the best launcher
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I agree 100%. Coming from Moto Droid. I am not a big fan of sense. It just seems like there is too much stuff going on. It all depends on how much social integration you like, i.e. Facebook, twitter and so on.
Is there any way to change the bottom bar? I really like the LLP bar, but sense is smoother so I will likely stick with it for the forseeable future.
True one that doesn't have Touchwiz. I want to get rid of for compatibility for apps that is effect by Touchwiz.
I am using the stock 2.2 rom for my G2. I have it rooted. I am wondering if someone has made the Notification Menu power control available at the following URL for the G2 Stock 2.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9885714
Thanks for any help/suggestions.
There are probably some, but I've never looked into adding them to stock as CM6.1 and CM7 both have them integrated by default.
One thing I remember from trying to add these back when I had my Evo, is that it required a Deodexed rom to get to work properly (just from my experience). Trying to add these to the stock rooted rom on my Evo caused me nothing but headaches, and always seemed to interfere with other theme-ing. I just figured if I have to flash a deodexed stock rom, might as well just flash CM6 haha. Maybe someone can chime in that has successfully done this on the G2 though.
I looked for ways to add it to the stock 2.2 and in the end just went with a Cyanogen mod as it seemed like an easier option in the long run.
Is there a reason you want stock vs CM?
trsanning said:
Is there a reason you want stock vs CM?
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its my first android phone. Still learning all this stuff. Played with CM a little and a friends MyTouch 3g and it seemed really slow (maybe it was cause of the phone). Does it run better on this phone
Lightning fast at stocks peeds on my phone. ADW is a bit sluggish but easily replaced with ADW EX or Launcher Pro.
tomm1079 said:
its my first android phone. Still learning all this stuff. Played with CM a little and a friends MyTouch 3g and it seemed really slow (maybe it was cause of the phone). Does it run better on this phone
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Most of the slowdown can usually be attributed to user error, or ADW. In my experiences, ADW is much slower in scrolling etc. than ADW Ex, Launcher Pro, and especially the stock launcher.
I'd say give it a try and see how you like it. If you don't, you can always flash back to your backup of your stock ROM. I just think when it comes down to getting notification bar widget controls, flashing a new ROM is actually easier than trying to get them on the stock ROM unfortunately.
Thanks for the info guys!
Ill try it out and make sure i replace adw. What do you guys suggest? CM 6.x or CM 7.x
tomm1079 said:
Thanks for the info guys!
Ill try it out and make sure i replace adw. What do you guys suggest? CM 6.x or CM 7.x
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CM7 is stable. Just make sure to do a full data/cache/dalvik cache wipe before you flash. You also need to flash the Google Apps when you install it so be sure to check that box in ROM manager when u install.
If you're looking to take baby-steps, I'd try CM6 first.
Results may vary, but I'm getting 40+ hours of battery using CM6 as opposed to 20+ on CM7. Same moderate usage.
Once a week I flash a nightly and give it two days before I restore to CM6 to get my GPS and battery life back. They'll have it stable soon enough. Just have to keep supporting our amazing devs.
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I am getting mine tomorrow. Any advices on what to do before use?
Any updates? stock rom?
Thx
i'm still using the stock rom and I have the phone for 2 weeks
I'm impressed by the overall quality and speed, my previous phone was an ETEN X500 which was, of course, quite slow compared to the Huawei.
The only important things to do with the phone are:
1) change the launcher, stock launcher aint that good
2) change the dialer, I'm coming from WM-6.5 and no dialer is as good as microsofts, "dialer one" seems to do the job
3) get a keyboard that suits you!
used smart keyboard pro and dialer one.
witch launcher is good?
You can use ADW launcher, Launcher Pro, Go launcher EX for a far better and customizable experience.
Of course search on market for "launcher". Every day appears one for every taste.
went with the launcher pro.
how can i remove the apps that are preloaded?
root?
Me too need help!
I also gonna buy this phone. How to improve performance by using stock rom? I maybe not ready to flash custom rom yet but maybe will flash new kernel to OC to 1ghz because i want to play games. Is do OC is simple? Does HD games is supported by this devices?
iG3 said:
went with the launcher pro.
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I personally use GO Launcher and I really like. Haven't used Launcher Pro, just seen it in a friends Optimus 2X
I think Go Launcher is better, but this is just a thought
As for stock programs, I'm trying to remove them with Titanium Backup, seems to do the job but I don't know if there are any better ways.
I think that the best thing to do is to wait for xda-cookers to create a nice fast rom and apply it!
will try the GO launcher to. thx.
GO Laucher is slower but has free widgets.
Laucher Pro is much faster.
ciwek90 said:
I also gonna buy this phone. How to improve performance by using stock rom? I maybe not ready to flash custom rom yet but maybe will flash new kernel to OC to 1ghz because i want to play games. Is do OC is simple? Does HD games is supported by this devices?
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There is not much you really can do to improve performance without changing rom. Try another launcher and see if that makes the appdrawing faster, but otherwise dead end I would say.
The performance is though enough for many users.
Overclocking is not hard, eg SetCPU.
If you want to overclock, all you need is an OC kernel but your phone needs to be rooted (i think z4root or Androot can do that), then download a kernel and flash it via recovery, you can use stockwells recovery or the other guys recovery (genokalars...i think)...then download SetCPU
First thing, remove all the bloatware it comes with
Use GO Launcher, the stock one is ****.
Root the phone if you want, gives you so much more power.
I have been wondering lately how alike sense 3's "3d" transitions are to adw ex's cube inverted transitions, and it got me wondering how many people wanted sense 3 just because the 3d aspect of it (like me) and i'd like to hear what users here on xda would prefer of these two rom concepts: sense 3 (any rendition available or to come available) or any version of cm7 with the system launcher replaced with adw ex before flashing (by unzipping the rom, replacing the one apk in system/apps and re-zipping). I know adw ex is a paid app and that in itself may be a deciding factor but to those who dont care about said cost, what made you choose sense 3? Or what made you decide on a cm7 rom with "3d" transitions instead. personally I prefer hyperdroid cm7 because right now cyanogen mod is insanely fast, fully functional, has tons of features only offered in cm7, and adw ex is incredibly versatile. But I find myself wanting the sense 3 lockscreen more and more. So what does the community think?
I know some of you guys are plagued with this decision like I am lol
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Nobody? At all?
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