Miui vs Sense 3.0/3.5 - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Which do you prefer and why?
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Supamike88 said:
Which do you prefer and why?
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totally Sense!
MIUI is great don't get me wrong, it's just too iPhone like for my taste. Sense gives me a totally new user experience, and it just makes Sense you know?

saranhai said:
totally Sense!
MIUI is great don't get me wrong, it's just too iPhone like for my taste. Sense gives me a totally new user experience, and it just makes Sense you know?
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As far as looking life iPhone you can always use launcher pro
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Supamike88 said:
As far as looking life iPhone you can always use launcher pro
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lol... well yes, but that ruins the purpose of MIUI

I bounced back and forth between sense and miui for weeks, and finally decided on miui. For my phone, miui is way faster than sense. My battery on sense would only last a few hours under heavy use. With miui, I can go all day and still have battery left over in case I forget to charge it when I go to bed. The argument that using a third party launcher doesn't make any sense to me. The purpose of custom roms is just that, custom. With miui, I can do whatever I want with it just about, it even already has a pretty extensive theme database set up that's as simple as download and apply. Every miui theme is fully customizable, and is compatible with go launcher, which is the launcher I use. I just can't give up my app drawer for some reason. I love miui so much, I even use it on my Nook Color over CM7, it's all about speed for me, and sense really slowed me down.

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lol... well yes, but that ruins the purpose of MIUI
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I like Muiu because it isn't as bulky as sense and still manages to look really good. I basically only use launcher pro so I can keep my app tray. As far as speed and battery, it seems that Miui is the sure winner. I will say that Virtuous Unity seemed a lot less buggy
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MIUI for me lol. It honestly comes down to the fact that I can have heavy use, lots of customization and still get insane battery life.

I just flashed VU 2.39 again just to see if I would miss it since I used that before Miui and nope. I can't see myself leaving Miui for a sense ROM in the foreseeable future.
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Hmm. I responded to this in detail last night. I was the first person to respond actually. I wonder why my post was deleted? Ha.
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estallings15 said:
Hmm. I responded to this in detail last night. I was the first person to respond actually. I wonder why my post was deleted? Ha.
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It wasn't deleted. You posted in the duplicate thread.

TeeJay3800 said:
It wasn't deleted. You posted in the duplicate thread.
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:rolls eyes: Why are there two threads? Nice.
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Me personally, I don't get better battery life on miui. I get around 12-15 on miui and virtuous unity 2.39 I get 16-24 hours with tdj kernel. Miui's operating system is faster in general but it's not like sense is slow at all so no problem for me. GPS on miui would take forever to lock on then it would drop and require a restart of the app after 5 minutes. Sense GPS locks in seconds for me and doesn't drop. But besides the lockscreen, dr. dre beats eq for music, and overall sense polish, the real, make or break reason I use sense over cm7 and miui is the integration of flash in the sense rom. It just works! No black screens or choppy stuttering (after fixing the the black screen problem by stripping permissions on the flash file) like on miui am cm. Basically if you want your phone to just work then sense makes sense. Use a launcher like go launcher if you want a speedier set up with all the sense integration and under workings. That's what I do. I couldn't be happier !

estallings15 said:
:rolls eyes: Why are there two threads? Nice.
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Once again sorry bout that. Would delete one if I could
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Supamike88 said:
Once again sorry bout that. Would delete one if I could
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No worries. I sent you PM.
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I prefer Miui simply for the customizations and battery life. I'm a heavy user so battery life is essential and I get roughly 17hrs out of it using tdj kernal. By no means is there anything wrong with a Sense rom, it has great battery life and is visually appealing as well, guess it all comes down to taste! And everybody uses their phone differently and has different setups which determines the battery life you get. Battery Life and Customization is what I look for and is why I chose Miui
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SparksMod HotSauce rom

Everyone needs to try out this Rom!!!! I am proud cm supporter who likes trying diff roms and dis one is the all time winner. Slickest look ever worked into all the little details. Go get sum HotSauce
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I would hardly call it a "rom", its more like a "theme". There is no actual development done, just someone else's kernel pasted into cm6.1.1, and a half dozen png's changed....
LOL
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Well, whatever you would like to call it, i stand corrected. BUT, it looks better than any rom, mod, theme, I've ever seen.
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Everyone needs to try out this Rom!!!! I am proud cm supporter who likes trying diff roms and dis one is the all time winner. Slickest look ever worked into all the little details. Go get sum HotSauce
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I guess we are all entitled to our own opinions
atquick said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=886184
sorry but sense is the best looking
Really, sense? U must be kidding. I've tried sense roms b4, but u must admit cyanogen rom based builds are supreme. Try HotSauce. I dare you. U wont go back to that sense bs again
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no doubt CM have a good quality rom, but we talking about looks here, sense is awesome for the animation, i have try CM and agreed it is a good rom but i missed things like Friends stream, News stream and little things that sense has. its not as quick but its not that bad either
Looks meh. I prefer stock Gingerbread with ADW EX.
What ginger rom build r u using?
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TheBiles said:
Looks meh. I prefer stock Gingerbread with ADW EX.
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+1 Gingerbread looks better. The only thing i liked in SparksMod are fancy animations.
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Im sold on SparksMod brother, but whuteva floats ur boat. That's the great thing bout opensource dev'ing. It's a beautiful thing.
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Doesn't this belong in G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps? http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=760
The battery life on Hot Sauce is HORRIBLE
Not if u set profiles in set cpu, not a problem for me
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Gingerbread + ADW EX ftw.

Poll Sense or no Sense?

just curious what people are using or like
Using cm7 and the only thing I miss from sense is the Calender app and all the Widgets. Oh and also the browser. But I would say no sense
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For calendar, agenda widget is a better replacement to me. For friend stream and the sms widget, I find pure messenger widget is great replacement.
As you can tell, I much prefer the smoothness and customization of CM myself. But sense is pretty candy I'll admit.
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I'm currently on cm7 and now that almost everything works, I'm liking this better than sense. Also, much easier to theme lol.
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Sense has its ups but all in all I gotta have my aosp. I started with it on the moment and didn't even think twice about putting cm6 and aosp roms on my heroc. So for my shift it was kind of a no brainer. Although the shift did make me start to like sense more then I already did.
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Sense is definitely the most polished and developed of the "skin" frameworks, imo. There is a lot to like about it as mentioned above, but I prefer going without it.
Never liked sense til mikshift...I prefer an aosp build but hate cyanogen..since the g1..so til I have enough time to get a mikaosp I'm pro sense lol
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I like either one. To be honest
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No Sense.
I don't *dislike* Sense. There are a lot of great things about it like the widgets everyone loves and tries to imitate. It just takes up a lot of space and uses a lot of resources to run. Though I have to admit I've never seen it run as amazingly fast and smooth as it does on the Shift.
That said, CM7 is light, fast and awesome. I mostly missed the Sense calendar widget too, but the one in Launcher Pro Plus is pretty slick and fills that gap nicely.
If I had to choose I would defently go with sense best skin out there by far. I think I would also choose it over aosp
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Sense looks ok, but I don't like the inflexibility of it. If I don't want it, I want to be able to delete it, and Sense doesn't like being deleted in my experience. AOSP for me.
You can't beat the social integration Sense has, but with a little bit of work pretty much any aosp rom can be ALMOST equal.
CM7 is great. The theme engine is great as well.
My rom of choice for the last couple weeks has been MIUI, sure there's no wimax or mms but mms is coming I'm sure. When I'm in wimax coverage areas for now I just nandroid.
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JKILO said:
Never liked sense til mikshift...I prefer an aosp build but hate cyanogen..since the g1..so til I have enough time to get a mikaosp I'm pro sense lol
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Just curious as to why you hate cyanogen?
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I was glad to not have Sense on my phone anymore when I flashed CM7. I think stock Android 2.3 just looks cleaner and more professional than Sense, and HTC has made some odd choices with the updated Sense UI (is a themes button on the bottom widget really necessary?) that I don't like.
CM7 all the way for me.
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I think stock Android 2.3 just looks cleaner and more professional than Sense
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Agreed. I was never a huge fan of the AOSP look before, but with the change in 2.3 to the more unified black theme, black status bar, etc. it looks really slick and professional. Sense looks nice in some aspects, but I guess I just don't like the "everything is shiny!" thing going on there.
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Just curious as to why you hate cyanogen?
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Its overrated and gets way to much hype..too much is changed to make it "better" but imo its just aosp with bloatware
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Do you guys know of any true to the core aosp rom in the works?
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I prefer sense, it just looks the most "refined" to me. And with the Shift, it really flies.
But, I'm running CM7 at the moment, and getting used to it. I still miss some of the sense goodies tho
Haven't been on Sense since I rooted my Hero. When I rooted this, got off sense right away too. Not a big fan of sense, it's just too much.
Sence, just cleaned up a bit.

Video -this is how i think dhd should be =)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xTsAHU_XQo
Desire HD RCMix Runny v1.3 ROM + REVOlution theme
Overclocked @1.6ghz + supercharger + kernelizer tweaks
ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261721
Theme: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884888
Sense 3.5 and Beats Audio working, superfast rom that makes even YOU jellous..battery life is really good..i forgot to show in video but since last charge it has gone 1d.18h and still can make it few more hours =) **** IPHONE..RIGHT?!
Looks good !
That may well be my next sense ROM, gonna go non sense next though.
ponk2k said:
That may well be my next sense ROM, gonna go non sense next though.
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i have 3 roms installed at same time -miui,cyanogen,rcmix and i witch sometimes, but i always get back to sense.. it gives android so much more functions and personality.. just the way i want it =)
I only rooted a few days back so i'm still getting up to speed but do you mind pointing me in the direction of a tut about running multiple roms. Much appreciated
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I only rooted a few days back so i'm still getting up to speed but do you mind pointing me in the direction of a tut about running multiple roms. Much appreciated
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you need boot manager.. paid app from market
Ok cool, I'll probably give it a miss if I have to pay for it though life ain't cheap for me at the moment
Don't know about you guys but I'm tired of sense. After not using it the only thing I miss is beats and the camera app.
Uses so much battery to produce a wishy washy oh look at me effects, are they really needed?.... No. Cyanogenmod ftw!
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affinity121 said:
Don't know about you guys but I'm tired of sense. After not using it the only thing I miss is beats and the camera app.
Uses so much battery to produce a wishy washy oh look at me effects, are they really needed?.... No. Cyanogenmod ftw!
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I dont really agree with you..
I was using Virtuous ROM. It was pretty cool, but when i flash a new virtuous rom without wiping, my DHD sometimes restarts. So i don't know if it was because od no wipe, or in the rom, i flashed runny 1.4, and i am happy with it.
I love Sense, hate iPhone, so i hate something like MIUI or whatever
It only takes a few more minutes to wipe and it's gonna lessen your chances of problems so i'm not sure why you don't. I'm sure you needed to wipe when you flashed runny too so I guess that was what the problem was. Anyway I hear nothing but good things about it so all the best
infexis said:
I dont really agree with you..
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I guess you prefer visuals over extended battery life then! It's a personal choice.
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affinity121 said:
I guess you prefer visuals over extended battery life then! It's a personal choice.
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I am pretty satisfied with 2.5-3days battery life..i bet you dont have it much better or what? You see, i dont have to choose between features, performance, Visuals and batterylife..i get it all =)
affinity121 said:
Don't know about you guys but I'm tired of sense. After not using it the only thing I miss is beats and the camera app.
Uses so much battery to produce a wishy washy oh look at me effects, are they really needed?.... No. Cyanogenmod ftw!
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Thats the cool thing about android you have the choices!
I'm currently on MIUI and really love the theming possibilities (want another launcher effect? just hit 2 buttons and switch from 2d iphone style to 3d sense 3 style ), the fully working bluetooth drivers and the music app is just perfect. And it was worth it just for putting on the iphone4 theme and showing it to my applefanboy buddy. muhaha the look on his face - prizeless.
But i'm missing some sense stuff as well. Especially the camera and the mail/weather app. You have to make compromises or look for replacements with some apps. I think ill stick with MIUI until HTC releases an official Sense 3.x version for our DHD
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I am pretty satisfied with 2.5-3days battery life..i bet you dont have it much better or what? You see, i dont have to choose between features, performance, Visuals and batterylife..i get it all =)
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There is no way your are getting 3 days battery life with moderate to high usage. It's a fact sense is a battery hog there is no denying it.
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@infexis You say you have miui dual booting on RCMix3D? How? When I do it, it boots from sense (phone ROM) to miui (sd) fine, but when I try to boot back into sense it bootloops. Miui is ext2
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affinity121 said:
There is no way your are getting 3 days battery life with moderate to high usage. It's a fact sense is a battery hog there is no denying it.
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I really don't have a reason to lie..just trying to help out
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Quinny899 said:
@infexis You say you have miui dual booting on RCMix3D? How? When I do it, it boots from sense (phone ROM) to miui (sd) fine, but when I try to boot back into sense it bootloops. Miui is ext2
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Works perfect for me..I didnt do anything special..just installed on bootmanager and it works good
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[Q] MIUI?

Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.
That's a VERY vague question and miui is the most customizable rom there is to offer on this phone. As for sluggishness you're crazy what are you running apply and kernel wise?
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I agree with Nic. MIUI rocks on this device. It comes with a ton of awesome features, and customizability is second to none.
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robb180t said:
Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.
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Oh ya.. man you are so right!
thederekjay said:
Oh ya.. man you are so right!
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LMAO!!!!!!
thederekjay said:
Oh ya.. man you are so right!
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Lololol +1000
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MiUi is a very well done OS, if it's laggy for you, you're doing something wrong.
It's not my favorite, but it's one of the better ones out there
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try a factory reset but first format ya SD card make sure nothings on there, **IF I HELP SAY THANKS BUTTON**
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MIUI is hands down the best rom IMO and we have a great developer porting it for us. If you're having issues, its likely user related
Miui seems to colorful for me.
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dunno why i even use it right now
it's far too fast and smooth my slow brain can't keep up
and the battery lasts longer than my internal battery does :<
TDJ hit it, YOU HIT IT ON DA HEAD!!!!
kk seriously, dunno what's going wrong with you bro
lagging, check to see if you have random tasks bogging you down, as for color, customize your theme to make it more appealing
robb180t said:
Why does almost everyone recommend MIUI? MIUI is nothing but a pain for me, it's always lagging and the color scheme is not very appealing.
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How much pain has it cost you really? what else did you install/ flash on your phone that you think it's making it lagging and as for color i really dont know what to tell you. when you post stuff like this, it's like a slap in the face to the developers. be careful how you critique what people have worked hard for..
All i can say is thank you Derek for your work..
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.
TeeJay3800 said:
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.
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If the only thing you dont like about it is that is it missing the app drawer just install a new launcher like go launcher
Edit: Or install an app drawer from the market like "organized drawer" and it is just like miui has an app drawer
TeeJay3800 said:
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with everyone else. MIUI is every bit as fast and smooth as plain AOSP, and with a lot more attractive UI and is more customizable. If it wasn't for the lack of an app drawer, I'd probably have used it longer.
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MIUI paired with the app ALTDrawer = pure awesome. it gives you an app drawer while still keeping the functionality of MIUI, doesnt change the screens or messes with the stock launcher either
aznprodgy said:
MIUI paired with the app ALTDrawer = pure awesome. it gives you an app drawer while still keeping the functionality of MIUI, doesnt change the screens or messes with the stock launcher either
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Thanks, I hadn't seen that. In it's description it says "Move a shortcut of AltDrawer and replace the old app drawer of your launcher", but obviously MIUI has no app drawer icon to replace. Do you simply make one of your dock icons a shortcut to Altdrawer? If you could post some screenshots, that'd be great.
Miui is definitely fastest ROM out there. Not to mention highly customizable. Gonna have to agree with the crowd
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MIUI is great. I'm on a CM7 high currently but you can't go wrong with either.
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Wow I haven't even flashed MIUI yet but I will tomorrow @ my gf house (pc in da shop) hearing so many good things about and I'm a believer! Currently on DarkSide Sense 3.0, I TALK ALOT ANYWAY SHOUY OUT THEDEREKJAY HE's THE ****IN MAN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ROM **** JU HEARD!
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SHOUTS OUT TO TDJ GOOD **** BRO KEEP DOING YA THING
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Looking for a nice, stable, fast rom, that doesnt have sense???

hi guys im looking around for different builds and all i see its sense 3.0, 3.5 and as for me i really dont like sense, is there any other rom that's good without sense on it???
There are several CM7 variants on in the Dev section as well as MIUI.
Check the screenshots in the various threads to get an idea of what they look like.
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daworship said:
hi guys im looking around for different builds and all i see its sense 3.0, 3.5 and as for me i really dont like sense, is there any other rom that's good without sense on it???
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CM7... MIUI... New Creamed Glacier ICS...
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daworship said:
hi guys im looking around for different builds and all i see its sense 3.0, 3.5 and as for me i really dont like sense, is there any other rom that's good without sense on it???
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Hey,
I have the same 'problem'. I'm not too fond of the sense ui. I've been using BlackICE and it is very fast and stable, in my opinion. Give it a go and let me know if it's good. I'm using this until a full/stable version of ICS is released
daworship said:
hi guys im looking around for different builds and all i see its sense 3.0, 3.5 and as for me i really dont like sense, is there any other rom that's good without sense on it???
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I would honestly give MIUI a go. I was skeptical at first but now I love it.
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poexone said:
I would honestly give MIUI a go. I was skeptical at first but now I love it.
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+1
My original opinion about MIUI was less than kind. Something along the line of "If I wanted a bloody iPhone, I'd have bought one. Blah, blah." However, out of sheer boredom I flashed Derek's build one day. I used MIUI for a couple of months. Thats, like, a record for me. If you don't like the launcher drop Launcher Pro, Go launcher or whatever on top. The options, popup sms, THEMES (my God, the themes) and raw speed are phenomenal.
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Check out TDJ's new CM7 ROM/kang of CM7.2.0. Rock solid, great battery life, and some tweaks of his own that make it even better.
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lcambriz said:
Check out TDJ's new CM7 ROM/kang of CM7.2.0. Rock solid, great battery life, and some tweaks of his own that make it even better.
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Are you talking about this one???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414796
MIUI all day!
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Are you talking about this one???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414796
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Yes. That's the one he was talking about.
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