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Turning Off Sense

Is there a way to turn off sense or maybe install APK's to replace the crapware. I'd like to get the standard android Contacts app instead of this pain to use sense version.
Thanks for and information, I'll be eagerly awaiting root and CM5

I also want to remove the UI tmobile has placed on it.
Just want android 2.1 vanialla or with htc sense

You can always choose a launcher program. helix launcher, adw launcher, and launcherpro are the 3 best. I use adw launcher. helix is the only one in the market right now, the others you have to get apk file. adw launcher has the apk on their website now since google is haveing market issues. This will give you a great stock-like experience and can be customized a little beyond stock which is nice but you don't have to if you want it very stock.

there is a way to sort of remove sense but once you do it i dont know if you can get it back without hard reseting it. Go to settings/applications/manage applications then find htc sense click on it then clear the memory after that push the home key and it should give you the option to pick the regular android launcher.
disclaimer this worked on older versions of sense ie the 1.5 based heros have not tried on the slide yet
http://www.androidspin.com/2010/01/25/remove-sense-defaults-to-speed-up-your-phone/

neva dinova said:
there is a way to sort of remove sense but once you do it i dont know if you can get it back without hard reseting it. Go to settings/applications/manage applications then find htc sense click on it then clear the memory after that push the home key and it should give you the option to pick the regular android launcher.
disclaimer this worked on older versions of sense ie the 1.5 based heros have not tried on the slide yet
http://www.androidspin.com/2010/01/25/remove-sense-defaults-to-speed-up-your-phone/
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this does not work on slide it does notihng

hansalvato said:
this does not work on slide it does notihng
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Actually it does, it resets your quicklinks or shortcuts on your screen.
EDIT:
If you changed your homepage from the default 5 screen to 7 and did the procedure mentioned above, your homepage will revert back to 5 screens even if you changed your settings in the "Personalize" to 7 pages. I tried it on mine just to see the effect and ended up hard resetting my device to get it back to actually seeing 7 screens. Please correct me if it's only me, a bug or if anyone has a better solution than doing a hard reset.

[Q] Customization & Changing little annoying things.

Hey, just resently recieved my new Samsung Galaxy S. Running stock UI, 2.1, Unrooted ect.
I don't really understand the benefits of rooting my phone so i'm not going to bother with that..
Just wondering if anyone has an tips for customizing my phone a bit more?
I've heard about this ADWlauncher.. So I installed it and a ADW Sense theme, but my phone hasn't changed/I dont know how to activate the theme..
+ Can anyone help me with these annoying things aswell..
1. Recieve push Facebook notifications under the notifications bar at the top?
Bloo doesn't work for me and Offical Facebook doesn't support this.
2. SMS notifications, can you remove notification when you view the message? Because at the moment, you have to press back to go to the Message Inbox then press back again to remove the notification and return to what you were doing..
3. The black background on Applications Screen, the background on SMS convosations, can you change this to a wallpaper somehow? It's annoying when it's black..
4. Can you change the dock somehow to a nicer looking one? HTC Hero has a nice dock
Thanks for everyone who posts your genius reponces, helping a newbie out

ADW Sense theme is a theme for ADW Launcher, so you must have ADW launcher installed. ADW replaces the default touchwhiz homescreen/launcher. The other option is launcher pro. Both allow you to customise the dock.
Check out my list of apps to get you started
http://www.appbrain.com/user/kiwijunglist/apps

reminder
if you want to keep using KIES you will need to switch back the phone default TwLauncher
get the utility called Home Switcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765081

Launcher Pro and FroYo

Hello.
I am about to update to FroYo.
Is it ok to use Launcher Pro with FroYo?
I have read somewhere that HomeSwitcher does not work with FroYo. Is that true? If so, how do you change your Home Launcher?
Thanks,
Paulo

JPM with launcher Pro works without any issue for me.
The best thing is try it yourself.
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ppeccin said:
Hello.
I am about to update to FroYo.
Is it ok to use Launcher Pro with FroYo?
I have read somewhere that HomeSwitcher does not work with FroYo. Is that true? If so, how do you change your Home Launcher?
Thanks,
Paulo
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I'm not on Froyo yet. Still waiting for it to be released via Kies in my region. Currently, I removed LauncherPro from being the default home launcher whenever I need to connect to Kies. It is under Settings->Applications->Manage applications->LauncherPro->Clear defaults.
After the default is cleared, just press the Home button and you will be prompted which launcher you want to use.

To change launcher without homeswitcher (or to be more correct get back the "choose switcher"), go into settings - programs - admin - find launcherpro and clear the default choice that I've forgotten the name of. Emtpy standards or something like that, bottom choice in my language.

Launcher pro + Froyo = super fast screens. Indeed for me Froyo is very fast.

homeswitcher works for me on Froyo, no problems with it.
i dumped Launcherpro for Zeam because Zeam seems to be faster in Froyo

And Kies works and connects with Launcher Pro, no need to switch to TouchWiz for that. At least if using JP6.

Launcher Pro vs Go Launcher EX

I go for Go Launcher EX

lacher ex has rly nice transition effects
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Go Launcher Ex!
Launcher Pro is a bit faster from what i experienced but still Go Launcher offers the most, and most of all, for free. Go Dev Team got lots of awesome apps for Android.
I use:
Go Launcher Ex - HoneyComb theme + notification plugin
Go SMS Pro - with Emojicon plugin

FreddyFresh said:
Go Launcher Ex!
Launcher Pro is a bit faster from what i experienced but still Go Launcher offers the most, and most of all, for free. Go Dev Team got lots of awesome apps for Android.
I use:
Go Launcher Ex - HoneyComb theme + notification plugin
Go SMS Pro - with Emojicon plugin
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I have the same setup (minus the honeycomb theme), I used the wizmod theme
I prefer go launcher ex to launcher pro mainly because these two very similar in features and it's free.
Go launcher also has its own widgets, similar to launcher pro

can someone say what "launchers" really are?? I dont know anyting about them..

pretty much the user interface of your home screens and app drawer. look at images on for launcher pro and go launcher on the market, you'll see the differences.
As for my choice, definitely going with go launcher. I think the ONLY thing I miss about launcher pro was having the sense widgets, and being able to edit the dock bar which I''m surprised hasn't been done in go launcher yet

Go Launcher Ex uses more Ram, but it has an integrated taskmanager and some other nice features. I prefere it.

Launcher probably vs go launcher

I've become pretty accustomed to launcher pro since i used to use it on my mt4g and now again since it was included with g-lite on my G2 but i have always been curious about go launcher... it looks like it has more customization options and features than launcher pro but i'm not sure and i don't necessarily feel like re doing all my launcher settings and stuff if go launcher sucks.
So does anyone use go launcher? Is it any better or different from launcher pro? Does it consume any more or less resources than launcher pro would probably be the biggest thing...
Thanks in advance.
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theyre both pretty much the same now, launcher pro is still a bit ahead cause the widgets are kinda cooler
if you want less resources consumed and no lags at all use the stock launcher, it doesnt have customizations tho

You won't have to redo your Launcher Pro configuration/settings if you try Go Launcher. You can try/install as many launchers as you want. If you want to switch back to another launcher, you just need to clear defaults in Settings>Applications>Manage applications>(current launcher). Then press home, and pick the launcher that you want to switch to, and it will still be setup how you left it. Or use an app like Home Switcher for Foryo (works for Gingerbread, too). to make switching a bit faster.

It's can be use and all the same. With g-lite ROM i'm using GoLauncher, when i want i use Launcher7 - winphone7 launcher - with no problem