Hi Peeps..
Well it's a steep learning curve I've been on the last 48 hours... I've rooted / flashed / unlocked / unbranded and overclocked !! O and it's still working
I'm now running CyanogenMod 6.1.0 RC2 rom which I've overclocked to 69.something. ...
I've also installed the google pack BUT, I'm missing some nice widget's.. I did like the HTC clock / email / news widgets.
Just wondering is there a pack of widgets I can download?
Btw.. very impressed with 2.2 so far
Steve
HTC widgets dont work in non sense roms unfortunately
HTC Widgets are closely linked to HTC Sense. You can get similar (SIMILAR, just to make it clear) using LauncherPro, the paid version. Widgets like Facebook twitter, people, calendar have clones in LP.
beautiful widgets is pretty sweet
When I started using Android on my HD2, I hated stock android builds and was huge fan of Sense Builds.
However after using it all (Stock Desire, Desire HD ROMS) and trying out stock Android builds...i've started to like stock android/CM much more...
Even though HTC has done a great job and sense has the best out of the box experience, but with few additional softwares, widgets Launcher Pro and Dialer2...stock android is just as functional as sense and feels much more smoother/faster too...Animations also seems much more elegant..
What you guys think?
Also I don't know what CM7 gives over stock Gingerbread, stock builds are just as much functional and feels more light too?
my 1st try on android was shubcraft, very simple but later its annoy me of launcher pro unintend 'widget resize' reminder to get full purchase. Then, Iv try the Nexus base which has bland milky white menubar which make me boring. So I skip to Desire and Evo base rom. I think Im liking to use more because Sense is is very usefull with instant result widget like, message and people widgets, so handy without necessary open main program
But once getting to Desire HD, its like full of colors while other build stay sorta black and white. But I do like to MIUI and Gingerbread too, better than before
Hello. I tried the cyanogen 7 RC3. It is my first custom ROM I flashed...it is ok, the battery last double the time it last with stock sense rom. GPS still had problems but with a different radio things changed a lot....I could manage to get the fix in 10 seconds with GPS status.
I don't know why, but last days I couldn't get the fix anymore...rebooting, and so on...didn't help. Changing rom would help me see if the GPS gets a better fix or not.
Second reason I want to try a new rom is the contact management, calendar, facebook photo sync. These 3 things aren't really too well made on cyanogen...the contact list doesn't look as good as the sense one. Same thing for the calendar and the sync of the contacts with the various 'accounts' (google, facebook, SIM). I would like a rom with sense although it will be difficult to abandon the cyanogen gallery....which looks fantastic.
I am going to flash the MIUI to give it a try (just see what happens). But what rom could you suggest? Maybe with SENSE in it?
I don't find the interface important...I mean the interface is the last thing for me in a rom, I know I would always stick do ADW launcher EX for the home screens....what I find important is the rest (battery life, gps fix, contact and calendar management, photo gallery and camera).
I know sometimes some features can be replaced by 3rd party applications (SMS archive, camera software, and so on)...but some other features cannot.
I wait for your suggestions.
If u want sense then try leedroid v2.2.3... if no sense then try ultimate droid hD.. amazing rom.. im using it now and i dnt think il. Go back to sense roms
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leedroid was the first rom I ever flashed it was great, but now I want to try others just to see what its like
That's the reason I keep coming back to Sense Roms, the contact managment and syncing through my different social media sites. And it just does it, flawlessly. I would try Android Revolution HD 3.5.
I like sense for the contacts, calendar and the facebook thing (I am no facebook addict but it is nice to have the photos of the contacts in the contact list...and that is automatically done by sense when syncing with the facebook account...ok some other roms do that too but how sense does it is just better).
I also like some sense applications and widgets....unfortunately the widgets are lost when I use ADW launcher ex....I love adw launcher for the high customized home screens, animations, and everything....but with this I lose the nice HTC widgets (contact widgets, calendar widgets). There are some other widgets on the market that can replace the HTC ones...but again, they are not as good.
So in my case there is a very big war between:
- contact and calendar management of sense
- ADW launcher and htc widgets
- the great things the cyanogen brought
- gingerbread and no sense
- some other details
So many interesting things which cannot live on the same device...at the same time...for instance MIUI looked very nice but had an awful gallery, too little customization on the home screen, but many things were very nice.
Try Android Revolution 3.6 i thing is the best...
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ARHD 4.0
ARHD 4.0 Beta 4!! love it just waiting for the official gingerbread release so mike can make a rom with official gingerbread rom
ARHD 4.0 is old and outdated. other ginger sense roms are way better then ARHD 4.0 ( ARHD 3.6 is great tho)
Best ROMs imo:
FroYo Sense: ARHD 3.6 or CoreDroid
Ginger Sense: RCMixHD 5.9
AOSP: M-DJs Ultimate Droid
Flussen said:
ARHD 4.0 is old and outdated. other ginger sense roms are way better then ARHD 4.0 ( ARHD 3.6 is great tho)
Best ROMs imo:
FroYo Sense: ARHD 3.6 or CoreDroid
Ginger Sense: RCMixHD 5.9
AOSP: M-DJs Ultimate Droid
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Thats it, this ROMs are definitly [imho] the best.
My choice on DHD is RCMixHD 5.9, great ROM stable and smooth.
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Thats it, this ROMs are definitly [imho] the best.
My choice on DHD is RCMixHD 5.9, great ROM stable and smooth.
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RCMix HD 5.9.7 is definitely one of the best, but you could also try CoreDroid HD GB 5.4 as well, they are my two favorites at the moment.
I just installing i00 Desire HD 4.1 at the moment............we'll see how that one goes!
But there is one thing I can't understand. What makes some user put sense away? I tried the 'ultimate droid' without sense...I mean, what's the point of taking it away? What are the advantages?
And also...I am now with MIUI 1.4.22. I wanted something new because sense or not sense, I always end up using the ADW launcher EX because of its app management, menu, visual effects and row customizations. So...what do you think about MIUI ?
And also, I can't go back to sense keyboard now that I am used to the ginger ones. Same thing for the power notification widgets (lights, wifi, gps, mobile data and so on).
I recommend CoreDroid 5.4 or 6(still working out a few bugs out one this one). CoreDroid was the first rom I flashed and I've loved it ever since. It runs smooth and has lovely eye candy.
MIUI! It's fast, very stable and it looks great. It's also much lighter then Sense ROMs which is about 280MB vs MIUI with 80MB.
And today MIUI is upgraded to 2.3.4
RCMix, brings to us full sens 3.0....in couple of hours. The sens keyboard can easily be replaced.
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just try other roms with your self, then you will got the better one.
i have been running the following for two days now, and can't believe i took so long to make the jump. so good.
ROM: LeeDrOiD HD v3.0.1 GB
KERNEL: LeeDrOiD GB v3.0.1
Radio: 12.54.60.25U_26.09.04.11_M2
i currently running cyanogenmods 7 on my g2. i was previously running senseginger3.0 and MoDaCo Custom ROM for the HTC Vision (WITH SENSE). i really like senseginger but the few bugs are a problem for me (FC in dialer is the main one). and the MoDaCo ROM was near flawless but it ran slow as hell on my phone.
Question 1 :: is there any way to install sense or sense features on CM7 (the only one i really want is the desk clock widget with the animated weather on desktop. i think its great. as far as the rest of the sense ui i dont really care.) if i could get the clock widget from the sense ui working on CM7 then i would be perfectly HAPPY!!
or
Question 2 :: is there a way to overclock the MoDaCo Custom ROM so it will run faster (maybe flash different kernel)
i did some online reading and the MoDaCo rom did not come with an OC kernel but im not great with this stuff
any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks in advance everyone. and great job to the developers for making all this possible.
to answer question one, you can download the "fancy widget" from the market thats the closest youll get to the sense clock, its not as cool but its cool
second, you can try and flash another kernel then download setcpu from the market and you can overclock from there
nonione said:
to answer question one, you can download the "fancy widget" from the market thats the closest youll get to the sense clock, its not as cool but its cool
second, you can try and flash another kernel then download setcpu from the market and you can overclock from there
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NEVERMIND.... i found Virtuous Sense v2.0.0 it is gingerbread and sense ui that has a OC kernel of up to i think 1.5 or 1.7GHz. it is perfect. no FC, hangs or video playback issues that i have found. ITS GREAT!!!! and the animated weather widget and wallpaper effects works... this is the answer. im happy now
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=837042
this is the link to the XDA ROM page for [ROM][07/18/11] Virtuous Sense v2.0.0 :: Enhanced & Optimized Stock ROM (2.42.405.2)
everyone needst to try it..
Have the same issue here. I've been testing out CM7, and although I love some aspects of it, I just can't seem to give up the excellent sense widgets.
I'm back to virtuous 2.0.0 (great ROM btw) mainly because I couldn't find decent replacements for the excellent sense calendar and news reader widgets.
Im not requesting anything with this thread, Im just asking! Will there be any ICS or JB rom with Sense for the HD2 in the near future? Ive tried 2.3.5 Sense with One X mods and it was pretty good, but it lacked speed and features compared to ICS. Im currently running NexusHD2 2.7 which is great, but since Im using the phone as a player, Im really missing beats audio and working dsp and not to mention sense's cool camera features.
there's no chance for now to make perfectly wrok sense 4 on our beloved htc hd2, but on the desire forum there are some developers that are working on problems of ics sense.
When it will be complete, maybe someone can port it.