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Sorry for my noobness but what actual difference is there between the two UI? is it just the way it looks? if so I could just theme it right?
I'm just looking for something that is stable for everyday use I was mainly looking at Super D because it has some pretty good feedback on the stability, but if sense is that much better i might as well get cursor or something
Donut is version 1.6 of the stock android build. Sense is HTC's modified user interface which runs on top of stock android builds. i.e. you can have sense ui running on a donut build (or cupcake, eclair, etc.) Sense is basically jut a replacement for the stock Android UI, whereas Donut is version 1.6 of the stock Android UI.
Basically it just comes down to what UI you prefer to use. If you want a really solid, stable UI that doesn't use Sense then I would recommend Cyanogen Mod. Cursorsense is great if you're after a solid, stable Sense UI rom - the only issue is that you will have to flash your radio and SPL in order to run it and if you're new to the game I wouldnt reccommend playing with that just yet Look for a Sense UI that says it can run on the 'Old Radio' and give that a try to see if you prefer it to the Stock android UI.
Just wanted to add...
that nearly all Sense UI roms are running on Android 1.5.
So, it's either donut Android UI or cupcake Sense UI.
With the exception of some Tattoo roms (Sense on Donut).
I like sense ui, it's a lot smoother in my opinion. Unfortunately I don't like 7 screens, cupcake, and it's harder for me to theme the rosie. I like personally like Donut more. But if you're just looking for everyday use, I agree with theo ther guy. I'd use CyanogenMod for Donut (SuperD isn't bad either), and Cursorsense for SenseUI. SenseUI moves from screen to screen so much more smooth and if you like The Rosie thing, then I think you'll love senseui(I hate it lol)
Just wondering why nobody else is cooking on NAND Ginger apart from MDJ, we need more ginger loveliness
I would do murders.. for a clean, stripped down Ginger ROM with everything working
maybe because there are several bugs on gingerbread till now which you have to fix afterwards:
- bluetooth wasn't working right stock
- location is not displayed except on google apps
- camcorder is still very laggy
and some other small things... i will revert back to a sense build or cm6 until the bugs are fixed
Seriously gingerbread is the need pf the hour....
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I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know, by what does gingerbread offer over froyo or froyo with sense?
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It has an upgraded UI
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Obviously. Specifically, what makes it better?
I'm looking for examples along the lines of "dialer pad is better, smoother animations, quicker in general etc,"
not "its the latest model"
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It has an upgraded UI
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I have used it on my Vibrant and tried to battle the issues on my HD2 (nand)...Its still the same ol' Android.
...by upgraded UI...do you mean a new vertical battery, and green tinted icons?...whoa...look out for all these changes Google is doing.
Honestly...Froyo is much more stable at this point, and almost everything that can be ripped from Gingerbread has already been broken down and distributed as individual apk files (new market, live wallpapers...yes, even the icons)
The next version of JDMS should be a Gingerbread build according to the JDMS thread... But I don't think Gingerbread is up to par yet, like others have mentionned. GPS is currently "fixed" but not fully functional. Still having issues with USB Disk...
I just want that oldschool CRT shutdown! haha
Just wanna experience the new garbage collector system. With new set of memory management system, I'm curious as to how it saves your battery and overall responsiveness of the OS. Although there are already NAND Gingerbread ROMs around, I rather wait for a complete ROM rather than having it tweaked here and there for it to work normally. Secondly, the SDK for Gingerbread is already out. So be expected to have a new generation of apps for it. But I hope for pure vanilla Gingerbread NAND ROM. Just like NexusHD2 rom, it gives so much space and leaving the customization to the user. Well, just my opinion though.
I just rooted my phone today after months of research now comes the fun part testing different ROMs so what's everyone running. I also wanted to know what ROMs have the black notification bar like Gingerbread. Thx in advance
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GingerVillian is by far my favourite, very stable and quick
I have also just rooted my phone, I chose to use MIUI rom ported by G4rb4g3, its a great rom, feels quick and even has different themes that you can use. You can also get a gingerbread style notification bar
If your wanting just a complete black bar like Gingerbread is the only option you have at this moment is GingerVillian or some other Gingerbread based rom. You can also change the status bar to black through a CM based rom. The Sense based have the black bar but it has a gradient piece to it so it's not completely black like Gingerbread is
I've tried a MIUI rom probably 3 times and I can't use it..even though people say it's like the iPhone it's not..could never get used to it. I personally run Virtuous which is a Sense based rom and have themed it to my liking to look like Gingerbread at the current moment
meXdroid ExtraHotSauce v.02! Best rom ever. And i tried em all. You get black bar, custom pulldown bar, awesum animation in everything you do. Its based on cm 6.1.1 and is the most stable, try it out
G2 with ExtraHotSauce v0.2!!
Virtous .90
Pershoot 1.3
and .26.04.02.17 radio
love it, love sense launcher, wouldn't use anything else
Just go with the cm7 nightlies. Best thing since sliced bread.
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The biggest question is if you want Sense UI or stock Android..once you decide that then you can decide on the rom lol
Every once in a while I go back to a sense rom and have to slap myself because I am reminded why themed stock is so much better. I am hooked on GingerVillain... Running 1.5 since release with no bugs or issues... very fast and excellent battery life. I think Villain rom is the best 2.3 rom for our G2's as of now.
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Every once in a while I go back to a sense rom and have to slap myself because I am reminded why themed stock is so much better. I am hooked on GingerVillain... Running 1.5 since release with no bugs or issues... very fast and excellent battery life. I think Villain rom is the best 2.3 rom for our G2's as of now.
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See I'm the opposite..I prefer Sense just for the camera and dialer...the camera on my G2 takes better pictures with a Sense rom than the vanilla rom that came with it
GingerVillain 1.5, no question. I tried virtuous and it was nice, sense is very pretty, but I had to run it at 1.4ghz just to make it acceptable. Even then it slowed down plenty. Also tried Miui recently, also very pretty, but not user friendly.
Humming along nicely at 1.2ghz on Ginger and am quite happy, nothing else compares to it at the moment imo.
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See I'm the opposite..I prefer Sense just for the camera and dialer...the camera on my G2 takes better pictures with a Sense rom than the vanilla rom that came with it
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Ahmen to that, the camera app for the 1.72 Sense based rom is a step above what we've got atm... its the only reason id switch back to Virtuous, but I'm running CM7 nightly builds for now.
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I've been playing around with Miui recently. Definitely a acquired taste
Go with CM7. Its quite stable and nightly rom updates are being cranked out, well, every night. Lots of support and you can be notified of new builds through rom manager. Requires latest cwm recovery image 3.0.0.5 (not the same as rom manager version). Comes with an oc/uv kernel up to 1.5ghz. Compatible with pershoots kernel.
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I'm chill'n with Ginger Villain...'nuff said!
I am currently running the Cyanogenmod 7 Nightlys, I would like it to have more customization to the status bar like CM 6.1.1
dat miui rom is the best i have to say
The one-and-only CyanogenMod 7.
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When the official CM7 comes out that will be top dog by far but right now I'm just using 6.1.1 cm I have used virtous but although it was nice looking not nearly as stable or as well put togather as cm6.1.1I have been soooooo much happier when I made the switch to cm
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Posted this in a similar thread.
Started with CM6.1.1 but moved onto the CM7 Nightly's since Build 1. I keep up to date with every CM7 Nightly Build. What I have noticed based on benchmarking apps is that CM7 scores lower than CM6.1.1. This is with the updated Quadrant and SmartBench 2010 that is compatible with Gingerbread. The Quadrant score in my sig was with a early CM7 build and a non gingerbread optimized Quadrant. In day to day use I dont notice much of a speed difference though.
Hi guys
I have upgraded my phone to Darky's Rom resurrection version from Froyo and now I am finding camera has become bad.
It takes slower to take pictures and the geotagging is always on and cannot be deactivated.
I really like the froyo version of camera and I really wish to use it on my new firmware.
Is there any way in which froyo cameras can work on gingerbread models?
or can i just install camera.apk from froyo to gingerbread?
Suggestions would be much appreciated..
Thanks in advance
I was on the same boat as you. I couldn't stand the camera on the GB roms, it was too slow taking pictures, even went to XXJVO from JVH, same problem and on JVO found the camera to be really unstable a few times and make my system crawl. My solution was to go back to froyo, latest XWJSD is rock solid and to be honest there is nothing any of the GB roms can do that jsd cannot do, except for the crt off anim and overscroll glow, but then you need some mods for that as samsung has stripped it down to be pretty much like their froyo roms except for some cosmetic changes.
So try the camera.apk from froyo, if it doesn't work I recommend going to froyo if it's annoying enough for you, slap a GB theme on it and call it GB, you won't know the difference. And wait for a more stable release from Sammy.
wondered if the possibility of sense 4 or xperia s rom in my defy the green lens?
sorry for bad english
... the entire ROM is impossible Android is divided into layers and the lowest is directly related to the hardware, no matter what manufacturer, which adopts similar projects between the devices themselves but the hardware is always different.
There is a rom (out of XDA) that may be what you are looking for is called Jboogie 3 - Liquid ARC is not a Sony rom, only the visual changes to look like an Xperia ...
wondered if the possibility of sense 4 or xperia s rom in my defy the green lens?
sorry for bad english
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I don't think it is impossible, but it won't happen, at least not now for a few reasons.
Sense 4.0 is extremely difficult, there is a lot of trouble porting it to HTC devices because of the newer kernel and the general action of taking it to ICS. It took ages for DefyFroyoSense (a really old sense 2.0 + 2.2.1 rom for defy) to come together, and now it's been virtually abandoned because it is too hard to dev.
Plus, there aren't really a lot of people who are interested in Sense 4.0 in the defy forums at the moment. If it is a great hassle to port stock vanilla ICS (cm9, aokp and codename android), then you can bet it will be beyond a pain in the ass for sense. Sense in general is pretty much limited to HTC devices.
For Xperia, it isn't easy either. I guess you can port the UI and framework and all that **** but the whole rom... well let's not think about that. Again, it's ICS again, so yeah.
So.... yeah u get my point.
Oh yeah and your defy being a green lens isn't good either, especially if a GB motorola rom will be involved in a possible port. GG.