So I am moving here from Raphael Section and I have a doubt that I could not clear by searching through Rhodium and Topaz forums.
What is the difference between Manila 2.1 and Manila 2.5 or as HTC wants us to call it, HTC sense 2.1 and HTC sense 2.5?
Is the home screen weather (the one with full screen clouds, snow etc.. on a full screen layer) available in both?
Thanks
I'd also like to know this as I've used 2.5 and not overly keen on all the changes.
yes, both have weather animation on the home screen. 2.5 has more detailed animation but is slower, 2.1 animation runs a lot smoother i found.
thank you
I will try 2.1 first.
I think 2.5 might become more optimized once HD2 matures.
Anyways, last few days of reading has landed me with following list.
1) 2.5 has widget themed home screen. i.e. clock, calendar, shortcuts are made to look like widgets. However, they are not as configurable as Hero or SPB shell.
2) 2.5 is social networking centric with support for twitter, facebook, footprint, youtube uploading, etc.. 2.1 has just facebook integration.
3) 2.5 has landscape support for audio, gallery tabs which has cover flow inspired from iphone
4) HTC says that sense 2.5 has deep roots in the ROM and is not just a today's screen plugin. I cannot confirm this in cooked ROMs as i haven't got my Pure yet. But this is what HTC said in one of the HD2 previews.
5) 2.5 is designed for 1GHz processor and thus might be too much for our 528 Mhz processors.
6) If you are not a twitter user and don't quite use your phone for playing songs, go for 2.1. It will always be more stable than 2.5 on our phones. HTC designs it with our phone in mind.
I might be wrong with this list.... and it won't be the first time
Thanks.
Yea I've tested some various builds before starting to cook my own and I like the 2.1 version. It feels like normal Manila but with the animated homescreen which is a nice touch. Manila is MUCH better on a WVGA phone vs the Raphael's VGA screen (too cramped).
My favorite build was Dutty's and had a nice simple black background. I like things simple.
Manila isn't bad, but I HATE how EVERY part of the screen is clickable and takes you to an app; especially the HUGE clock. I always end up launching apps I don't want. I guess Titanium is the same way but it has a tendency to scroll before actually clicking, so there are less app launches.
That plus it adds like 60mb to a rom (wtf).
arkavat said:
thank you
I will try 2.1 first.
I think 2.5 might become more optimized once HD2 matures.
Anyways, last few days of reading has landed me with following list.
1) 2.5 has widget themed home screen. i.e. clock, calendar, shortcuts are made to look like widgets. However, they are not as configurable as Hero or SPB shell.
2) 2.5 is social networking centric with support for twitter, facebook, footprint, youtube uploading, etc.. 2.1 has just facebook integration.
3) 2.5 has landscape support for audio, gallery tabs which has cover flow inspired from iphone
4) HTC says that sense 2.5 has deep roots in the ROM and is not just a today's screen plugin. I cannot confirm this in cooked ROMs as i haven't got my Pure yet. But this is what HTC said in one of the HD2 previews.
5) 2.5 is designed for 1GHz processor and thus might be too much for our 528 Mhz processors.
6) If you are not a twitter user and don't quite use your phone for playing songs, go for 2.1. It will always be more stable than 2.5 on our phones. HTC designs it with our phone in mind.
I might be wrong with this list.... and it won't be the first time
Thanks.
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Good info dude.
So these all are your experiment or any HTC source?
I had just posted one similar question, So Now I will point that to this thread.
Thanks.
HTC HD MIRI V 13.0 No weather wallpapaer animation at all but weather demo is their nay suggestions?
hey, I've got a Topaz with official HTC 6.5 ROM with 2.1 and weather on the front screen, but i dont get weather animation? ^o) any ideas?
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hey, I've got a Topaz with official HTC 6.5 ROM with 2.1 and weather on the front screen, but i dont get weather animation? ^o) any ideas?
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Doesn't work if you change the default wallpaper.
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Doesn't work if you change the default wallpaper.
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ah thank you
I take the above stated, to ask if the 2.5 Manila have weather fullscreen animation with other background that the default one. I didn't found ANY possibility of having personalized background's with the weather fullscreen animation in 2.1 - at all. Anyway, I guess that is supported by the 2.5 Manila version.
Can someone confirm this, please.
PMoto
PMoto said:
I take the above stated, to ask if the 2.5 Manila have weather fullscreen animation with other background that the default one. I didn't found ANY possibility of having personalized background's with the weather fullscreen animation in 2.1 - at all. Anyway, I guess that is supported by the 2.5 Manila version.
Can someone confirm this, please.
PMoto
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Yes, with manila 2.5 you can choose between 2 options:
Weather Wallpaper
Animated Wallpaper
The weather wallpaper lets you choose any wallpaper and the animated weather will work with it, in the whole screeen, bealtifull but slows the Topaz to a crawl.
The animated wallpaper just do a kind of glow bottom to top, behind the clock and links of the first screen, with whatever picture you choose.
Thanks for that info.
That's what I need - weather wallpaper in 2.1 Manila.
I'm so desperate....
guys, thanks for the summary
how to upgrade to Sense 2.5 ? i have stock HTC Rom with WinMo 6.5 running on Diamond2
I'm running Sense 2.5 on my Diamond and it runs like a charm!
Using this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=593678
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looking for sense 2.1 rom from desire z and desire hd.... any idea
K so i wanted to put the fallout theme on my htc pure but dont know where to start. I hear alot about manila and i have no idea what it is or how to use it.Help would be greatly appreciated and a step by step would be ideal. I really want this theme so any help is great.
thanks
Manila is HTC's tabbed UI, also called Sense or TF3D.
You select Manila from your today settings in Startmenu\Settings\Today\Items.
Windows default UI is called Titanium.
If its a windows theme,i.e. it changes Top\Bottom bar colors, fonts, etc.
If its a manila theme, you have to make sure its compatible with your version of manila found under Startmenu\Settings\DeviceInfo\Software
Your Manila build will be either 2.1.xxxxxx or 2.5.xxxxxx.
Manila 2.1 has a programs tab where 2.5 has added program shortcuts to home tab.
Hope this helps.
I used Cookie Home Tab 1.8 and in that there was an option do disable the minute flips of the Clock apart from the 1:02 clock flip . So the clock works like Android Sense UI absolutely No Flipping of clock... i would like for someone to share that as manila file or as cab file cause Slower and older devices could use that to get bit of extra performance and smoothness in their sense 2.5....
Thanks
i would appreciate this as well if someone could find that manila file.
i have a t-mobile htc touch pro 2, and i would like to have the animated weather on my home page, but i am not sure how to do so. would i need to flash sense 2.1 or sense 2.5 on my phone? also, where would i be able to located the ROM for Sense 2.1 or 2.5? and would it work if the my ROM version is 1.91.531.4
thanks so much for the help!
ROM 1.91 from TMOUS has included Sense 2.1, but it has just disabled front page weather animation (because it quite slows down whole Manila), I suggest you searching a bit how to enable it.
I have a question and a request at the same time...Can someone make a weather clock like the one in sense 2.1 for TF3D ? I am using WM 6.1 stock rom, my carriers latest version - cause I dont wanna lose warranty - and I am constantly switching between TF3D - with all kinds of mods and a sense 2.1 vga build by kimi_sae_ireba. It looks nice, but it's slow as hell...I mean really slow, but i like it cause of the animated weather clock...sacrificing performance for looks...Is there a possibility to make a weather clock for TF3D ? even a non-animated version would be nice, but an animated one would be perfect...so...what do you think ? I was thinking maybe isolate one tab - home from sense 2.1 and moving it to TF3D...I have no idea about developing apps, so I'm just saying stupid thoughts