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HTC Sense UI 2.2 (froyo) video

One of our members, udK, posted this video of him running HTC's Sense UI on Froyo. He is running the test build, and so far it looks great!
IT IS OUT! For desire only right now, but the devs are about to start porting, currently confirmed 2 Devs are porting.
UPDATE: Desire ROM 2.2 is fully working I assume, as the devs working on it say it might be out by tonight. Hopefully the Nexus will get a full port by tomorrow... No promises from either parties though.
Another update: Not coming until tomorrow evening.
Things HTC added:
720p Recording
Torch
Application Sharing App
Plurk
Hotspot
Apps2SD
More Widgets
Seems smoother than before. It gets 39MFLOPS
and More
Any chance for a leak so Modaco or King can get it running on our Nexus'?
Here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEF-U_eBrEQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684518&page=22
http://twitter.com/udk_dev

link please?

was hoping HTC would update the overall look of it to sexify it a bit more like they did between 1.5 and 2.1 Sense UIs

I think they did a tiny bit, The title bars seem flat now, compared to 2.1's rounded look. Looks sleeker.
Still wouldn't mind it, it gets 39MFLOPS, meaning JIT is there!

Just what I have been wanting!

techlogik said:
Just what I have been wanting!
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Me too, actually.

I reeeeaaaaally want Sense UI on my N1 with Froyo.

x986123 said:
One of our members, udK, posted this video of him running HTC's Sense UI on Froyo. He is running the test build, and so far it looks great!
Things HTC added:
720p Recording
Torch
Plurk
Hotspot
More Widgets
Seems smoother than before. It gets 39MFLOPS
and More
Any chance for a leak so Modaco or King can get it running on our Nexus'?
Sorry, here are the links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEF-U_eBrEQ
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=684518&page=22
http://twitter.com/udk_dev
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yea just modaco, not King. its basically the same thing anyways
anywho, i love sense ui and i would love to have this on my nexus one. it just seems like these nexus one roms dont have enough space memory for apps so id hope we have the option for Apps2SD

Well if the Desire can do 720p recording without any hacks, I suspect the Google folks will have to get on and sort out the N1's camera, else they're giving the Desire a large advantage over the N1.

Eclair~ said:
Me too, actually.
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What I really like and is essential is the better quality apps for Exchange support, Email/Calendar etc..are so much better from the Desire Rom, the features/options are much richer than the stock Rom. Simple things like move an item from you inbox to a subfolder in exchange doesn't exist on the stock Android.
It's the only reason I run Desire Rom on the N1 personally.
If it weren't for the Desire Rom, I likely would have sold the N1 shortly after purchase and went back to the iPhone. Sad I know. Still can't play GSM wav files from my Avaya modular messaging server though the Android without the RemoveWave app...Froyo didn't fix that either.
That stuff is 101 WinMo, iPhone, Blackberry device support...Android/Google can't seem to get one simple thing working like this in their Rom.

well i wonder when we will be able to have this on our N1 ... hopefully soon enough

I got to play with an Incredible today. I liked Sense UI. It was slick. Quite a bit of work went into it and it felt smooth and polished. Quite nice. My N1 is better now that I have ADW.launcher, but I'd love to try out Sense UI on here for a while.
Hopefully CM6 will have a nice interface and all, I think I might finally unlock my N1 to get CM6. Hopefully I can get something like Sense UI on there as well.

clickwir said:
I got to play with an Incredible today. I liked Sense UI. It was slick. Quite a bit of work went into it and it felt smooth and polished. Quite nice. My N1 is better now that I have ADW.launcher, but I'd love to try out Sense UI on here for a while.
Hopefully CM6 will have a nice interface and all, I think I might finally unlock my N1 to get CM6. Hopefully I can get something like Sense UI on there as well.
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CM doesn't change the interface at all but you can apply themes and morphs to it to change the overall look.

I've used sense UI so much but I just can't get into it over vanilla android. It's very existence is in a way making any sense UI phone a closed source device dependent on HTC to update. A whole second layer of someone interfering. Give me standard android!

Rusty! said:
Well if the Desire can do 720p recording without any hacks, I suspect the Google folks will have to get on and sort out the N1's camera, else they're giving the Desire a large advantage over the N1.
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i was wondering the same exact thing

I hope with the release of Gingerbread, Sense won't be some of the things we Vanilla users sometimes crave.

anyone else seen this? anyone tried it out?
kingxklick.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14

rottenjello138 said:
anyone else seen this? anyone tried it out?
kingxklick.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14
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Well he is known to be stealing other peoples work so not sure if i believe him

vikramdhani said:
Well he is known to be stealing other peoples work so not sure if i believe him
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LOL the phone function of the rom doesnt even work. im pretty sure he just downloaded uDKs rom and use dsixdi rom kitchen to port it

rottenjello138 said:
anyone else seen this? anyone tried it out?
kingxklick.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14
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i have tried it this morning but its not usable
the graphics is scattered and i was not getting the cellular network
its like very very very alpha and can't be used.....i didnt check anyother options

3D interface for Nexus S (works on N1)

Check out this cool 3D interface for the Nexus S. I installed using Dropbox On my wife's Nexus S and was so impressed I tried it on my N1 and it seems to be working fine. So smooth... just like the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys7gua-noOE
MOD EDIT: This is an unauthorized and leaked beta build. As such it is considered warez and has been removed.
You have to have 2.3.3

Wow, that's great! Thank you so much!
But aren't there any settings to configure it?

I'm still playing with it but I find the N1 menu key works on most screens and some screens have there own menu key at the top right.

tank you very nice

Looks great, downloaded onto N1 but cant access it. How did you apply this to the N1
Thanks

Press home.
What's 3D about it exactly anyway? Just a bunch of homescreens? Quite funky though.

I used Dropbox. It installed without an issue. My Nexus one is stock. My wife's Nexus S is also stock.

It's SPB shell

phyntox said:
Wow, that's great! Thank you so much!
But aren't there any settings to configure it?
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At first it doesn't look like there are but it's actually pretty customizable. You can re-arrange and/or remove panels by pressing menu and then choosing Manage Panels. If you long press on any icon (Not in 3D) you can then press the arrows to view the different layouts of certain applications/settings. Some items like Tools have an additional editing button (Available when the arrows can be pressed) which allows you to move certain items around or add/remove them.
It's a nice launcher but the 3D interface seems very touchy, is anyone else finding that also?

Pretty sure this is about to get locked.
Isn't this warez?

Yeah, this is an illegal leaked copy, isn't it?

I don't have any idea the language and it can't even dl.
Sent from my Nexus One

Have any of these glossy launchers built with OEM licensing in mind ever taken off? Can't think of one.

Syntax323 said:
I don't have any idea the language and it can't even dl.
Sent from my Nexus One
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Spanish? Dl for me haha xda warez
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Tried it, it pretty much sucks. No customization... ooh move screens around. Meh. Haha
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Testing
Hello I just wanted to let everyone know I tested this on my nexus one running cm7 rc1 which runns off of android 2.3.2 and it works with no problem.
Would keep it on my phone but just for showing it off.. since it is pretty cool put otherwise it eats up ram like crazy!

Might be warez, it's not even realeased yet. http://spb.com/android-software/mobileshell/
Edit: It's in a private beta, so the version you posted is probably a leaked one. http://getandroidstuff.com/spb-mobile-shell-android-50-home-replacement-app-hits-beta-sign/

Looks very impressive but it's not for us minimalists! Great to show off to your friends though

Well, its not for the rest of us here anyway until cm7 come with 2.3.3.
Im not trying it yet but from what i see its to much animation. I still prefer the Miui interface.
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DownloaderZ said:
Pretty sure this is about to get locked.
Isn't this warez?
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I believe this is a leaked beta.

Touch sensitivity.

Just got my hands on my DHD today, since I came from iphone 4, I can't help but compare it heavily.
First few hours of use, I find myself doing a lot of "accidental tap" easily, like when I swipe the screen for scrolling, I pretty much always will end up clicking on something by accident. Is there anyway you can tone down that sensitivity? This problem doesn't really happy when I am using iphone
And the scrolling menu feels a little sluggish/laggy compare to iphone 4 as well. Will this improve if I install a good Custom Rom?
Just wondering anyone out there feels the same?

I've had an iPhone 4 since release day (it was my first iPhone) and also got a DHD today, mainly to scratch the itch that has always been there and so I can decide which one to keep/sell.
I haven't noticed the touch being too sensitive, however you're right about it not feeling as 'smooth' overall as iOS, and I think it's because Android does not yet benefit from GPU acceleration whereas iOS and WP7 do. I believe it is set to get GPU acceleration in the future.

thanks for your reply.
I think I will test the phone until the battery runs out and see how long it lasts.
In the meantime, I will decide which customROM to go for until it does.

Don't let the first charge/discharge put you off the battery life, it is possible to 'train' your battery by calibrating it, making it last as long as possible.

Thanks I will.keep that in mind
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As for the scrolling, you may want to try some launchers other than Sense on the market. I use LauncherPro, and I rarely feel the lag. However, there's still some differences in smoothness when compared to the iphone4.

Yep launcher pro seems to be gpu accelerated so yeah its very smooth scrolling around the app menu and on home screens. I switched from sense to launcher pro about 2 week ago and I can't believe I stayed on sense, though I was more than happy on sense lpp is just too awesome.
I also have a screen protector so I've lost some sensitivity anyways.
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Another thing is to switch on USB Debugging for general use (Settings > Applications > Development). I had a rather noticable lag until I did this, and now it is non-existent.
Of course, running Android Revolution 2.0.13 at 1.23 Ghz might also have something to do with my increased performance... ;-)

letom said:
Yep launcher pro seems to be gpu accelerated so yeah its very smooth scrolling around the app menu and on home screens. I switched from sense to launcher pro about 2 week ago and I can't believe I stayed on sense, though I was more than happy on sense lpp is just too awesome.
I also have a screen protector so I've lost some sensitivity anyways.
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Android dosent support h/w accelerated ui's yet, so none of thoes home replacments are.
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So there is no such thing as CPU acceleration yet even in 2.3 based roms?
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franklin20uk said:
So there is no such thing as CPU acceleration yet even in 2.3 based roms?
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Nope, no GPU acceleration yet, unless honeycomb has it?
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AndroHero said:
Nope, no GPU acceleration yet, unless honeycomb has it?
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So what does tools like CPU Governor do, like you can set your cpu speed with minimum and maxmumspeed?

franklin20uk said:
So what does tools like CPU Governor do, like you can set your cpu speed with minimum and maxmumspeed?
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You're confusing CPU and G(Graphics)PU - there's no GPU acceleration yet in Android.

Small 'discovery'

Dunno if anyone noticed this before but if you are in a webpage and you press and hold the back shortkey onscreen you enter bookmarks and history.
Just sharing!
Cheers!

did not know that. Thank you very much I was always curious if there was a history in the stock browser

You're Welcome! Just sharing.

It's a little known tip, but it's actually been there quite a while. Gingerbread does it, and I think Froyo too.

Sweet!
Never knew that - quite handy!

Thanks, very usefull indeed, combined with fullscreen mode stock browser UI rocks... but for speed and rendering Opera kicks ass.... and it's UI sucks ass ... hell even firefox UI rocks... and sucks at everything else.

Justray said:
Thanks, very usefull indeed, combined with fullscreen mode stock browser UI rocks... but for speed and rendering Opera kicks ass.... and it's UI sucks ass ... hell even firefox UI rocks... and sucks at everything else.
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+1. Even Dolphin HD (which I find to be a litter faster then stock) does not compare to the nice layout/interface stock 3.1 has. I get an occasional random shutdown once in a while, but most of the time it runs perfect - watching hq video in browser makes my I pad owning friends wince

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It's a little known tip, but it's actually been there quite a while. Gingerbread does it, and I think Froyo too.
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Ahhh.... Mr. Glass is half-empty...

Thnx....didn't know of this.....
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the fastest browser i have tried is the maxthon for tablets browser. You should try it sometime.

[Tweak] UI GPU Acceleration

Hi guys.
I tested this tweak today and it works for me. Smooooooth.
video.accelerate.hw=1
Add this to build.prop with Root Explorer in the /system and reboot.

WTF, sounds awesome. Gonna try!

I can't notice any difference.

I tested it on KitchenRom 2.3.6 KK5 and this tweak improve my home screen scrolling like iphone. No more laggy.
Sorry for my english.

This only accelerates video
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this is already default on checkrom but thanks for the info.
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While this doesn't actually improve the UI acceleration, it does however enable HW decoding for video playback, very useful if you stream HD quality MKVs over MHL.

i feel like most ROMS are already using GPU acceleration?

pewpewbangbang said:
i feel like most ROMS are already using GPU acceleration?
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Some custom roms already have this tweak enabled by default.
But for actual GPU acceleration on Gingerbread(2.3.5) it is limited to only stock video player and 3d applications. Currently the UI it is handled by the CPU alone (ICS will introduce UI GPU acceleration as a standard).

Maybe stock google launcher has no gpu acceleration. Im not really sure about that.
For sure Go launcher (the one im using) has HW acceleration. All those 3D transitions running very smooth (maybe @ 60fps).
Im pretty sure that touchwiz launcher has aswell.

Astri said:
Maybe stock google launcher has no gpu acceleration. Im not really sure about that.
For sure Go launcher (the one im using) has HW acceleration. All those 3D transitions running very smooth (maybe @ 60fps).
Im pretty sure that touchwiz launcher has aswell.
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Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.

tolis626 said:
Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.
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So true. Go launcher works like **** compared to stock TW launcher.
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King Shady said:
So true. Go launcher works like **** compared to stock TW launcher.
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Yep.Bad thing is TouchWiz looks like **** in my opinion.If we could combine the looks and effects of 3rd party launchers and the speed and smoothness of TouchWiz,it'd be ****in' awesome.

tolis626 said:
Yep.Bad thing is TouchWiz looks like **** in my opinion.If we could combine the looks and effects of 3rd party launchers and the speed and smoothness of TouchWiz,it'd be ****in' awesome.
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After 1 year using iphone 4, Touchwiz for me is too laggy. Sence laggy like ****.
But after I used this tweak Touchwiz become better and smooth like iphone.

Go Launcher is a massive pile of crap. It makes the cpu ramp up to the maximum clock speed available all the time: this makes it feel smooth and responsive at the price of draining the battery like there was no tomorrow. LPP is the only smooth, reliable but still battery friendly launcher on the market, and it's a shame that the developer isn't pushing updates anymore...

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Go Launcher is a massive pile of crap. It makes the cpu ramp up to the maximum clock speed available all the time: this makes it feel smooth and responsive at the price of draining the battery like there was no tomorrow. LPP is the only smooth, reliable but still battery friendly launcher on the market, and it's a shame that the developer isn't pushing updates anymore...
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Well,I've heard good stuff about ADW EX too,but haven't tried it myself.
As for GoLauncher,it's not as you say exactly.Yes,it does all that,but I don't care that much about battery.I care about the fact that my device isn't smooth enough at all times even when overclocked.And yes,LPP is a shame that isn't updated.I wonder why Fede left the project.He had promised a big update,some kind of rewrite of the code from scratch etc.But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.

tolis626 said:
Well,I've heard good stuff about ADW EX too,but haven't tried it myself.
As for GoLauncher,it's not as you say exactly.Yes,it does all that,but I don't care that much about battery.I care about the fact that my device isn't smooth enough at all times even when overclocked.And yes,LPP is a shame that isn't updated.I wonder why Fede left the project.He had promised a big update,some kind of rewrite of the code from scratch etc.But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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You should try ADW EX it's good stuff. It uses the code from honeycomb for hardware acceleration.

its much smoother for me
and im locked at 500 mhz

jlevy73 said:
You should try ADW EX it's good stuff. It uses the code from honeycomb for hardware acceleration.
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Appearance-wise,is it as good as GoLauncher?

tolis626 said:
Sorry,but this is bull****.GoLauncher is less hardware accelerated than I am.
Seriously though,it's not.How do I prove it?Compare it to TouchWiz.Underclock to 200Mhz.GoLauncher CRAWWWWLS while TouchWiz is still smooth,just doesn't open apps quickly.Sorry to spoil it for ya.
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Well, underclock your pc and try to play the games you was playing before. Performance will drop.
Raw power of cpu will never be able to draw smooth graphics. Obviously, all these animations that Go launcher is using are written with openGl es. Opengl = gpu.
Allthough, maybe im totaly wrong. A developer could give us a reliable answer
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