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My android progression was
G1->Behold 2->G1->Nexus One
That behold 2 had great hardware and just god-awful software. Touchwiz blows, we all know it.
Priority One- Get this phone to stock. ASAP.
Yes I agree and using Odin flasher sucks. I'm hoping for better development here on xda.
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Touch wiz 3.0 is looking great. Its getting very good reviews. I don't have any experience with earlier versions though.
Been big fan off sense long time, and last samsung i did not like the Touchwiz, but now on Sgs with 3.0 i like it quite alot, and was fast as hell in begining but have slow down a litle bit now after a week use with more apps and stuff. But other then that it looks very nice and working great. With a task killer it helps speed it upp tho
Sounds like a bunch of baseless garbage. TouchWiz 3.0 looks extremely nice.
Again, ths isnt touchwiz 2, its touchwiz 3. Touchwiz 3 is fine and so far I havent seen one person or review who have said they dont like it, not one.
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Again, ths isnt touchwiz 2, its touchwiz 3. Touchwiz 3 is fine and so far I havent seen one person or review who have said they dont like it, not one.
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I think it's fine! the app menu is very good. The only problem are the lack of a few widgets compared to sense. But they can be produced or downloaded from the market.
I'll give it a shot I guess. Someone's porting it to the Nexus, so I'll try it there. Obviously we need at least 2.2 though.
I guess I just don't trust Samsung after the Behold 2 debacle.
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I'll give it a shot I guess. Someone's porting it to the Nexus, so I'll try it there. Obviously we need at least 2.2 though.
I guess I just don't trust Samsung after the Behold 2 debacle.
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I'm loving touchwiz 3, (coming from sense) I prefer touchwiz 3
this looks nice
youtube.com/watch?v=xAqZ5Hk96QY&feature=player_embedded
I am a HUGE fan of TouchWiz 3.0! TouchWiz sucked really bad on my i8910, but I gave touchwiz a try on the SGS and it's a great introduction to Android.
It basically marries some of the good features of the iphone with Android. I like it.
youtube.com/watch?v=xAqZ5Hk96QY&feature=player_embedded
LOOKS BAD ASS! best UI ive seen on any android phone.
People are so quick to bash Touchwiz 3.0 without even knowing what it is.
Its a completely different beast from Touchwiz 2.0.
Id take it over Sense UI, ive had Sense for over a hero on my HTC Hero.
That look awesome, i wonder where is this build came from.
Maybe some one could get hold so we can try it too.
Its a Froyo and doesn't look like a same UI we are using now on Éclair.
Yeah they somehow got the samsung widgets to work, with launcherpro, it looks fantastic though, and from the video, galaxy is handling it like a champ. that GPU does wonders for the live wallpaper.
plus im a big music head, Samsungs music player is far superior to any other music player available on android.
My bad i thought its a Froyo
Id also love to know how he is running a launcher over touchwiz....looks awesome.
you just download launcherpro off the market place....
people are all stressing about this touchwiz 3.0 and saying they dont want the galaxy because of the touchwiz....
you can easily replace it....i dunno what the big deal is about it.
Plus touchwiz adds a lotta other cool features besides the home.
but i heard running a launcher stops touchwiz from running? or was i mis informed?
Sneak peak of 2.3 Gingerbread UI.
I forgot how to speak chinese, so if you do, that's a bonus.
But here's a video that Google Hong Kong (allegedly) accidentally leaked...the first 2 got pulled down, so hopefully it stays up.
Gingerbread 2.3 UI VIDEO
Well it looks no different than 2.2 with launcherpro.
Oh the dock even shows the "experimental" 3d app drawer from launcherpro.
Are the differences really subtle?
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Well it looks no different than 2.2 with launcherpro.
Oh the dock even shows the "experimental" 3d app drawer from launcherpro.
Are the differences really subtle?
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Point release = subtle differences. 3.0 will be big differences.
I just switched from a MT4G with Froyo 2.2.1 Sense UI to an NS with gingerbread 2.3.1. I must say that the phone is great as the MT4G is, but the Android gingerbread experience is bad. I think that this version of gingerbread should never have seen an end-user device like the NS that is sold by BestBuy. As a development platform or for geeks 2.3.1 is ok. But I think there are so many bugs and unpolished things in Gingerbread that I wish sometimes I would be back to Froyo with Sense UI. I had a N1 before and I know what Stock android means. Gingerbread feels at the moment like a bad beta: there are some lags on the homescreen with the stock launcher introduced with 2.3.1. The browser and flash movies is not usable at all, it is so choppy that it is an embarrassment to release something like that to end-users. We have a FFC but no support from Google for that yet and an NFC that is not supported yet either. I hope that we don't have to wait 6 months until we see a stable and snappy running version of Gingerbread. I can imagine that a lot of NS go back because the people that switch from iphones, BB or Sense UI Android phones expected something else.
uhhhhhh what? I've had zero bugs. ZERO. Way better than SENSE(YUCK) and FroYo. Reflash the software. Don't just complain and not be pro-active to fixing it. Gingerbread is VERY stable and VERY runnable. Start being pro-active and fix it. Just reflash gingerbread or warranty it out for a new one. It DEFINITELY works fine for 99% of the people out there.
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I just switched from a MT4G with Froyo 2.2.1 Sense UI to an NS with gingerbread 2.3.1. I must say that the phone is great as the MT4G is, but the Android gingerbread experience is bad. I think that this version of gingerbread should never have seen an end-user device like the NS that is sold by BestBuy. As a development platform or for geeks 2.3.1 is ok. But I think there are so many bugs and unpolished things in Gingerbread that I wish sometimes I would be back to Froyo with Sense UI. I had a N1 before and I know what Stock android means. Gingerbread feels at the moment like a bad beta: there are some lags on the homescreen with the stock launcher introduced with 2.3.1. The browser and flash movies is not usable at all, it is so choppy that it is an embarrassment to release something like that to end-users. We have a FFC but no support from Google for that yet and an NFC that is not supported yet either. I hope that we don't have to wait 6 months until we see a stable and snappy running version of Gingerbread. I can imagine that a lot of NS go back because the people that switch from iphones, BB or Sense UI Android phones expected something else.
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IDK what kinda Gingerbread you dealing with because Im not having those issues. My phone is great. Comparing MT4G sense to Gingerbread is like comapring a Kia to a Lambo...
I run stock 2.3.1 and my browser is lagging and flash videos are very choppy that were just fine on the mt4g. Home screen swiping fails sometimes too. Need a second swipe to move.
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Gingerbread stock is chock full of glitches. Others have reported the same, and I've experienced it myself. The home screen does lag every so often, including freeze (requiring a reboot); there are issues sometimes with trying to move icons (they don't get set correctly, or mysteriously appear in folders); there are problems with the stock keyboard (discussed a ton of times in other threads); gallery pictures sometimes disappear; often things requiring tapping twice to launch (despite the highlight clearly showing you've pressed it the first time); and probably one of the biggest offenders: custom ringtones constantly change randomly.
There's a slew of other problems often mentioned. I wouldn't go so far as desiring Froyo, but there's no question GB could use a helping hand of bug fixes in its next update.
Not one problem here. =D
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I've not had any homescreen trouble and I guess I've not even tried Flash in the browser but if you want something more Sense style why not try a different Launcher? LauncherPro or ADW or Zeam or Go or whatever...
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I run stock 2.3.1 and my browser is lagging and flash videos are very choppy that were just fine on the mt4g. Home screen swiping fails sometimes too. Need a second swipe to move.
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No issues as far as the screen goes on my end. The browser is a known issue and a fix will be coming shortly, hopefully.
The OP might want to try a different launcher like Launcher Pro or ADW. The launcher really sets the look and feel of the device, and most third party launchers will let you get features HTC Sense or even an iPhone look and feel.
I personally like the Gingerbread experience with Launcher Pro, but to say it's perfect and bug free is a joke. There are plenty of bugs, most are minor, but some are downright major.
Major ones include the random reboots, in-call reboots, and bluetooth stereo streaming not working. Many report these right here.
Gingerbread definitely has a bit of a beta feel for me, or maybe more like a release candidate feel...
you forgot to list the random ringtones changing on its own
it finally happened to me! LOL
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The OP might want to try a different launcher like Launcher Pro or ADW. The launcher really sets the look and feel of the device, and most third party launchers will let you get features HTC Sense or even an iPhone look and feel.
I personally like the Gingerbread experience with Launcher Pro, but to say it's perfect and bug free is a joke. There are plenty of bugs, most are minor, but some are downright major.
Major ones include the random reboots, in-call reboots, and bluetooth stereo streaming not working. Many report these right here.
Gingerbread definitely has a bit of a beta feel for me, or maybe more like a release candidate feel...
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I agree with the RC feel and no doubt the reason it's taking Google a long time to get GB out to other devices like the N1.
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Gingerbread stock is chock full of glitches. Others have reported the same, and I've experienced it myself. The home screen does lag every so often, including freeze (requiring a reboot); there are issues sometimes with trying to move icons (they don't get set correctly, or mysteriously appear in folders); there are problems with the stock keyboard (discussed a ton of times in other threads); gallery pictures sometimes disappear; often things requiring tapping twice to launch (despite the highlight clearly showing you've pressed it the first time); and probably one of the biggest offenders: custom ringtones constantly change randomly.
There's a slew of other problems often mentioned. I wouldn't go so far as desiring Froyo, but there's no question GB could use a helping hand of bug fixes in its next update.
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Thank you! I thought I am the only person who has these issues. I guess the people that have no problems are the ones that are rooted or running mods. But that was not what I am talking about. I was talking about stock gingerbread 2.3.1. I think I shouldn't be forced to root my phone to have it run properly.
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you forgot to list the random ringtones changing on its own
it finally happened to me! LOL
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That would have been on my minor list...but only because it hasn't happened to me in quite a while.
Rebooting during a phone call is a major flaw, as well. Don't know how I forgot to mention that one too.
You know, I don't know how many people read my other posts in other threads, but I'm really beginning to reevaluate my position regarding Android overall. I am beginning to understand the price of customization, the price of having two different people develop software and hardware. Unfortunately, I don't agree with Apple's "the average user is an idiot" philosophy either... so I don't know. A part of me feels Google isn't taking the reigns of this as they should or could, and it shows. The Android experience can feel second rate.
Edit: Sorry to hi-jack the thread. Conclusion is, yes, GB is chock full of glitches.
Sure, I've had a couple reboots here and there, and the browser is very laggy on big pages, but overall I'm loving it. I'm running stock Gingerbread, not rooted, with Launcher Pro and this thing is fast. Real fast.
At first I didn't love this phone. Then I went back to my Nexus One for a day and couldn't deal. The screen on the Nexus S is awesome. It's fast, with tons of room for apps. I'm also running Better Keyboard. The stock keyboard was pretty good too, but BK seems to be running just fine in both portrait and landscape.
Sometimes after reboot, Launcher Pro crashes immediately. I restart it then it lasts forever. Not sure if it's an LP bug or a Gingerbread bug. But I'm sure some bug fixes will come over time.
I love my Nexus One to death. I will never sell that phone. But the Nexus S is my new baby.
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uhhhhhh what? I've had zero bugs. ZERO. Way better than SENSE(YUCK) and FroYo. Reflash the software. Don't just complain and not be pro-active to fixing it. Gingerbread is VERY stable and VERY runnable. Start being pro-active and fix it. Just reflash gingerbread or warranty it out for a new one. It DEFINITELY works fine for 99% of the people out there.
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When you say Gingerbread is "way better than Froyo"....what exactly is better ? just curious
Im as big an Android fanboy as there is, but to say GB doesn't have a decent amount of bugs is ignorant. My 2 biggest gripes are the stock launcher problems and the laggy browser. Launcher Pro is a lifesaver. I don't know how 3rd party launchers can be BETTER than Google's own, but they are.
I also had the mt4g and realised it seemed quicker and had better quadrant scores because it has.over 700mb of ram and a second gen snapdragon. That being said, the NS is a dev phone so b patient and wait for more tweaks and custom roms to come out.
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I just switched from a MT4G with Froyo 2.2.1 Sense UI to an NS with gingerbread 2.3.1. I must say that the phone is great as the MT4G is, but the Android gingerbread experience is bad. I think that this version of gingerbread should never have seen an end-user device like the NS that is sold by BestBuy. As a development platform or for geeks 2.3.1 is ok. But I think there are so many bugs and unpolished things in Gingerbread that I wish sometimes I would be back to Froyo with Sense UI. I had a N1 before and I know what Stock android means. Gingerbread feels at the moment like a bad beta: there are some lags on the homescreen with the stock launcher introduced with 2.3.1. The browser and flash movies is not usable at all, it is so choppy that it is an embarrassment to release something like that to end-users. We have a FFC but no support from Google for that yet and an NFC that is not supported yet either. I hope that we don't have to wait 6 months until we see a stable and snappy running version of Gingerbread. I can imagine that a lot of NS go back because the people that switch from iphones, BB or Sense UI Android phones expected something else.
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Finally, got my Nexus S from UK
And I agree with the OP ... Gingerbread feels not finished ... not polished ... with a little bit lag from here and there.
Web browser is lag lag and lag (Flash updated, set to on demand). It is not comparable to my old HTC Desire (even though it is also a bit lag).
To be honest, HTC done much better on this! Sense is smooth, it's web browser is much faster.
And I am talking HTC Desire .... old hardware, old snapdragon gen 1 !!
Hopefully this will be addressed soon.
Decided to finally come out of lurking and throw in my $0.02:
Been switching back and forth between my Nexus one and Nexus S (Have LauncherPro on both) for the past few weeks. I haven't had any of the aforementioned bugs or problems with the Nexus S on 2.3.1 and IMHO it definitely feels more polished than 2.2.1. If anything I think there's considerable improvement from 2.2 to 2.3 in terms of feel like a "more complete and polished OS" as compared to 2.1 and previous.
But also keep in mind that those of us with Nexus S's are those who want to be at the bleeding edge of everything. For those of you less familiar with Google doctrine on their "products" like Chrome, Gmail (back in the day) need to realize that Google likes to push stuff out for early adopters to catch all the bugs and provide them feedback on your experience with it. Then over time they'll polish it all up and provide an better experience.
I haven't really tried them out much yet. I installed AOKP for a little bit the other day, but didn't know enough about ti to leave it on as my daily driver for work. SO I am wondering what do these roms have that make them cool? I like the way the 5 icons look in the dock at the bottom of the screen, but I can get that with GoLauncher.
Not hating on these roms at all. I love what the devs are doing. I just want to know what difference I get going with an ICS rom over something like MikG 3.0 or tommys classic?
Thanks
It's the new thing out..newer is better, right?
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I haven't really tried them out much yet. I installed AOKP for a little bit the other day, but didn't know enough about ti to leave it on as my daily driver for work. SO I am wondering what do these roms have that make them cool? I like the way the 5 icons look in the dock at the bottom of the screen, but I can get that with GoLauncher.
Not hating on these roms at all. I love what the devs are doing. I just want to know what difference I get going with an ICS rom over something like MikG 3.0 or tommys classic?
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Its just another thing that we're not supposed to have on our evos which makes it fun!
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Battery life on decks alphas is awesome
I'd like to use Chrome for the phone.
I haven't left any on my Evo because I'm waiting for CM9 to come out. Although there are a couple of ROMS in the development section that looks promising.
Plus I am getting stellar performance w/ Evo Classic 0.06 Supermagic preview developed by TommyTomatoe
It's the latest version of Android, Google what's new.
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It's the latest version of Android, Google what's new.
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I have done that, but I also know these roms aren't all their yet. Just wondering what cool new features they have and which ones they might be missing compared to the actual ICS
I'm not always an early adopter, and I don't automatically subscribe to newer=better.
That said, I just really love the new UI for ICS. I've always had to theme my roms to get rid of green and replace with blue (I hate green).
It's also the first real revamp of the UI in a LONG time. I like how the menu options shoot up the middle of screen, instead of 6 blocks across the bottom.
I like how there's finally scrollable Widgets (namely, finally, for the email), but also browser, calendar.
The quickmenu in browser is a really cool feature, as is the way browser handles tabs.
I really like the way gallery is handled, and the layout for sharing options after a pic is taken.
Notifications sweep away much easier/smoother than I've ever seen on GB. Also, long press of home for task switching is handled nicer than previously, I think.
I just really like it. Yes, there are features not working yet, but I do think it really is an improvement over earlier versions. On AOKP, I'm getting pretty poor battery life (but it's a great ROM), On drews p6 I got fantastic battery life.
Oh, I like the rotation animation, too. I'm sure there's lots more I'm not thinking of.
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Not sold on ICS... yet.
I'm a flashaholic. My wife and I both have EVO 4G's, and I'm constantly flashing different ROMs on our phones. I've tried a couple ICS roms, even though there are still some bugs yet to be worked out. I'm not really impressed. I've found that I prefer ROMs that are more easily theme friendly. I think the new ICS blue is gonna get old fast. My wife prefers MikG 3.0, while I'm currently swagged out with Swagged Out Stock (Swag=ON). That said, when CM9 is available, I'll flash and play around with it. I'm also looking forward to checking out Chrome and a few other apps only available for ICS.
Why do you think CM9 will be worth? Hell, it may never even come to Evo (if you haven't noticed, CM has dropped support for Evo). The devs working on 4.0 now are light years beyond CM. Try it , you'll see.
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Hey,
Ics is android 4.0 which is the latest and greatest! All the android 4.0 roms you will find right now are all AOSP roms, and later on when HTC releases it there will be the Sense android 4.0 roms! The difference is its just the latest and has extra eye candy and a few better features!
I hope I helped If I did please hit the thanks button,
Stevo
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Why do you think CM9 will be worth? Hell, it may never even come to Evo (if you haven't noticed, CM has dropped support for Evo). The devs working on 4.0 now are light years beyond CM. Try it , you'll see.
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As far as I've heard from inside source is that cm9 is close to ready for evo. Its missing some drivers that they are having to write themselves due to lack of support from HTC and qualcom. I know for a fact that a close buddy of mine is running cm9 that he compiled himself from cm tree only thing is hes had to hack the kernel for now. So it will be coming eventually.
cool to hear. I'll obviously keep my eye out (always am lol). Thanks for heads up. AOKP so far has been pretty amazing, though.
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Battery life is my favorite part so far. Going a full day and at the end of the night having 50% left is ridiculous. I use to be lucky having battery left by lunch! AOKP by the way. Tried to post the screenshot but either the upload doesn't work on the app or I don't have enough posts.
First, its task manager is awsome, you have to now end tasks or they will keep going its nice in some ways but lame if you get tomany running,
second, scrollable widgets and the ablity to resize them.\
and thats all i got
The big things that I'm loving about ICS are;
Scollable widgets (I used to stick to sense because of the great widgets, but these are comparable).
Re-sizable widgets (I know this is available with different launcher replacements, but it's nice to have "out of the box").
Battery life, getting almost 24 hours on AOKP.
Swiping away notifications (again, available on different ROMs).
The overall look is fresh, I prefer the blue over the typical green.
The things I'm not a fan of;
No 4g (though I hardly ever used it anyway because it just KILLS my battery).
No video recording.
Random force closes (these are few and far between, much less than other ROMs I've been on, but they still happen).
Not being able to long press to add an app or widget to a screen (I know this is available through NOVA launcher, just talking about out of the box here).
Not sure if I'm sold on the new app drawer layout.
Bottom line is, since I flashed ICS (Evervolv first, now AOKP) to try it out, it's become my daily driver. The features match up with what I'm looking for, and what's currently missing will surely be fixed soon enough thanks to the awesome dev's working on it. As always, it boils down to what you want and what you can live without.
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It's the new thing out..newer is better, right?
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I think thats what it was, for me at least. I couldn't wait to hop on board the ICS train. I was flashing everytime someone released a new alpha!
It eventually died down for me, and now I am settled back down nicely with CM7..
So far the only ICS that has impressed me was 4.0.3 sense 4.0. Other than that I can't seem to see what all the hype is. Aosp ICS in my opinion(yes my opinion) is its plain and poorly colored. Maybe I don't want a turquois blue UI. Idk. Just MY opinion as I know everyone has their own ideas thoughts and feelings. Don't get me wrong I do like some of the features(some which evo4g may not see) but in time I believe it will get better. Everything starts from bottom. GB was the same way when it surfaced for our evos. Well see what the future brings!
So I sat there last night, excited as a schoolboy on Xmas eve, waiting for the first fixed GE edition ROM to be uploaded, and there it was, before my very eyes....
Downloaded, installed and setup in the blink of an eye, Vanilla Android goodness...
24 hours later in back on Sense 4.2.2, and here's MY moral of the story, HTC have made such a good job of Sense 5 and how it runs on the One, that vanilla feels boring, plain, underpowered and undertooled.
Again I say well done HTC, first time I have ever missed using a manufacturers software.
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So I sat there last night, excited as a schoolboy on Xmas eve, waiting for the first fixed GE edition ROM to be uploaded, and there it was, before my very eyes....
Downloaded, installed and setup in the blink of an eye, Vanilla Android goodness...
24 hours later in back on Sense 4.2.2, and here's MY moral of the story, HTC have made such a good job of Sense 5 and how it runs on the One, that vanilla feels boring, plain, underpowered and undertooled.
Again I say well done HTC, first time I have ever missed using a manufacturers software.
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I will have to agree with you except I didn't run the ge version. I had the nexus 4 before and never rooted the thing. I feel that Samsung and HTC are doing a great job with their stock roms now that flashing stock android just feels plain.
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Right there with you but only because I had a couple of random reboots and tethering is broken, but I'm sure these issues will be ironed out when we get a real rom from a shipped device.
It was supposed to read "im back on Sense on 4.2.2"
Basically if I had brought the GE version and was sat next to a friend with the Sense 5 version, I would feel a little let down with my purchase. Im so happy we have such great devs and community here because I was seriously considering selling my non-GE and buying the GE, now i have basically had it for 24 hours, I won't be bothering.
If the ir blaster worked in aosp I would be using it over sense, I bought this phone for the hardware, completely planning on flashing an aosp Rom as soon as there was one I liked. To be honest though, I did kind of fall head over heels for sense after I got it themed a little but I still have all intentions to flash stock android on it when everything works right. I will miss my BlinkFeed and my sense widgets. Lol
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It's funny. I keep reading blog and forum posts calling this this thing a failure and bashing HTC and Samsung for this Google Edition stuff and the way they are handling it.
Maybe I'll come off as an apologist, but seriously... really? I've owned both the S4 and the One. I prefer the one, but they are both great phones, (Even with Touchwiz the S4 is a good machine).
I always find myself in the same boat... take a stock current version Sense (Or Touchwiz) Rom and debloat and desense it as much as possible. I always try and get the AOSP lockscreen, MMS, and Email working (I hate the manufacturer apps usually). At the end of the day I try really really really hard to get an AOSP experience on the manufacturers frameworks for stability.
Yesterday I installed the GPe leak that bigxie released...and blamo...here is exactly what I've been going for. The quick setting error and tethering will be fixed...hell the leak just leaked yesterday.
This is the opposite of a failure in my eyes. This is exactly what I wanted.
Thanks HTC and Google.
Agreed with OP. I installed the GE rom last night and it feels boring and lacking now that I've used sense 5. I used to love running aosp roms but I found myself missing tethering, the IR blaster, the camera, blinkfeed... the list goes on. Sense 5 is really polished and highly funtional and the aosp camera doesn't even come close, aside from photosphere. The main benefits for me to run aosp roms in the past have been for speed and battery life, but that is no longer necessary as Android Revolution with sense 5 perfoms every bit as good, if not better.
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So I sat there last night, excited as a schoolboy on Xmas eve, waiting for the first fixed GE edition ROM to be uploaded, and there it was, before my very eyes....
Downloaded, installed and setup in the blink of an eye, Vanilla Android goodness...
24 hours later in back on Sense 4.2.2, and here's MY moral of the story, HTC have made such a good job of Sense 5 and how it runs on the One, that vanilla feels boring, plain, underpowered and undertooled.
Again I say well done HTC, first time I have ever missed using a manufacturers software.
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Google edition doesbt have ir blaster ?
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Google edition doesbt have ir blaster ?
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Not baked in like it is with Sense. You can get 3rd party IR apps I have read and they will work.
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The GE ROM does have the cool 4.2.2 lockscreen widget capability. Hopefully that feature comes to the Sense 5 4.2.2 ROMs. So far, 2.17 and 2.19 based firmwares don't have it enabled yet.
I downloaded the GE straight away it's very nice however I would replace with a stable pacman rom in a heartbeat.
Am going to stick with the GE for a bit though but of all the things I miss it Blinkfeed that stands out.
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There will always be 1 reason for me personally why I can't use sense and that is issues it has with LCD Density (DPI), it just doesnt work right and I can't stand default densities on phones they look too big for me lol.
Overall I have to agree. I do love the smoothness and look of the GE Rom but the camera falls well short of what is capable of on Sense. A couple of things that still baffle me about vanilla android is the lack of an option to have the battery percentage built into stock as well as no drop down volume adjustment option. Sure I can use the volume rockers but it should be standard on the drop down menu. I believe we have reached a point where the manufacturer skins are just more functional than we like to give them credit for.
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The GE ROM does have the cool 4.2.2 lockscreen widget capability. Hopefully that feature comes to the Sense 5 4.2.2 ROMs. So far, 2.17 and 2.19 based firmwares don't have it enabled yet.
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Actually ViperOne just got it in their new update. There is a bug where if someone calls you you have to input your password to answer. I actually don't mind cuz then no prying eyes can see who's calling or answer on my behalf
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jhonsok said:
Actually ViperOne just got it in their new update. There is a bug where if someone calls you you have to input your password to answer. I actually don't mind cuz then no prying eyes can see who's calling or answer on my behalf
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Yeah that password bug is a show stopper for me personally. TrickDroid also has has an AOSP lockscreen option with the same bug. It will be nice if/when Sense ROMs support lockscreen widgets natively so the AOSP-like lockscreen works properly.
I can haz lockscreen widgets. (With no phone call bug.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343150
iElvis said:
I can haz lockscreen widgets. (With no phone call bug.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343150
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That is..... AWWEESSOOOMEEE. i find the widgets look so much better than the AOSP widgets :laugh:
I agree with the statement of the OP... sense for me is (since sense 4) the best integration with android that a Smartphone could have, thats why i leave SGS3 and change it for the HOX, and why i selected the one, GE give us the opportunity to probe that pure stock android is somewhat overrated, but do not misunderstand me, I like the pure android, I even using it right now and I gonna use it for a good time; it has its own advantages, but eventually I know I gonna return to sense...