Hey guys, I used to be on the Windows Mobile side, but now I'm on Android and I need your help.
My 2.1 Sprint Hero has just been rooted. The only reason I did this was in the hopes that I could, somehow, get the Vanilla Android UI back. However, sometimes I want the Sense UI. In short, I'd like to have my eclair and eat it too *ba dum tish*. So if there is an apk or some sort of rom that can give me that, that'd be perfect.
If there isn't, fine. I can do without the sense UI, but I need my phone to work. And by work, I mean the camera has got to preview, the GPS has to function, etc, etc...
Any tips?
I believe Fresh is Sense based and you can use LauncherPro or ADW Launcher for the "vanilla" feel and home switcher to switch between the 2
sonicdh said:
Hey guys, I used to be on the Windows Mobile side, but now I'm on Android and I need your help.
My 2.1 Sprint Hero has just been rooted. The only reason I did this was in the hopes that I could, somehow, get the Vanilla Android UI back. However, sometimes I want the Sense UI. In short, I'd like to have my eclair and eat it too *ba dum tish*. So if there is an apk or some sort of rom that can give me that, that'd be perfect.
If there isn't, fine. I can do without the sense UI, but I need my phone to work. And by work, I mean the camera has got to preview, the GPS has to function, etc, etc...
Any tips?
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Both Red Dawn and Blue Echo are by Papa Smurf and based off of Fresh (include Sense), and they overclock, undervolt, all that jazz. They incorporare vanilla aspects side-by-side with Sense, like the contacts and dialer. And they look sweet.
If you want full AOSP, check cSrOm (Buufed). Its themed out too, and fast as hell.
Good luck!
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Purehero for the vanilla AOSP thing.
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Damaged 2.08.01 has sense and vanilla
bcarter2000 said:
Damaged 2.08.01 has sense and vanilla
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That's an older leaked rom. If ur gonna use damage use 2.09
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Has this been done? the only reason I use the hero roms is for the awesome music app. I also love the lockscreen.
gonintendo said:
Has this been done? the only reason I use the hero roms is for the awesome music app. I also love the lockscreen.
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No...The frameworks are differnt so you cant..The eclair hero lockscreen is better then the 1.5 hero's.Also dont even bother trying to install the lockscreen's apk since it wont work.You can wait for AOSP 2.0 or stick with what you have now.Or! upgrade to a new HTC phone like Legend/Bravo/Passion/Nexus well you get the point.
Ace42 said:
No...The frameworks are differnt so you cant..The eclair hero lockscreen is better then the 1.5 hero's.Also dont even bother trying to install the lockscreen's apk since it wont work.You can wait for AOSP 2.0 or stick with what you have now.Or! upgrade to a new HTC phone like Legend/Bravo/Passion/Nexus well you get the point.
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Yeah, I saw the nexus on engadget and I plan on getting it. but that is in the future and this is now.
Do you know of any music apps as good as the htc one?
I for one, would like to see the xperia 10's andoid version because it looks really cool, and something different. Or sense(Not expresso, looks like its trying to be a iPhone).
What about you guys?
xperia x10
I'ld really like to have only the timescape and mediascape on 2.1
Working espresso would be nice... I mostly just wanna see full Cyanogen goodness. JAC's CyanogenMod-based Eclair xROM for Dream is amazing... I'd love to have a 2.1 CyanogenMod/xROM. But seriously, I'd love to play with Espresso, especially if they get everything working. It'd be blazin' fast on the Nexus.
Windows Mobile.
Wait, wut?
CyanogenMod.
Would love to see hero running on this bad boy, I came from the G1 and it didn't run very good on it.
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Working espresso would be nice... I mostly just wanna see full Cyanogen goodness. JAC's CyanogenMod-based Eclair xROM for Dream is amazing... I'd love to have a 2.1 CyanogenMod/xROM. But seriously, I'd love to play with Espresso, especially if they get everything working. It'd be blazin' fast on the Nexus.
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2nd that..
tried espresso on my magic and i am quite impressed..
Cant wait to see it on nexus one!
Sense ui... 2.1
sense + ability to boot into full native linux
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I'ld really like to have only the timescape and mediascape on 2.1
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Second that. The multimedia features look crazy good. If they could just take that aspect and maybe Sense, then it would be a great ROM imo.
X10 or just plain Android. Whatever runs fastest and smoothest is good for me for every day stuff.
Something with more multitouch
Mediascape and Timescape do look good.
I've just watched some demos on Yuotube, but it's got to be said the Xperia 10 is VERY choppy........
I would like Exchange working *including calendar* without paying $20 for Touchdown or having to root my wifes phone.
s15274n said:
I would like Exchange working *including calendar* without paying $20 for Touchdown or having to root my wifes phone.
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I use the MotoCal calendar from Droid, combined with the Android Agenda Widget from the Market. Works flawlessly for me.
I would like SenseHERO ROM to be ported to the N1, but I also want to keep the N1's native new features - such as the Live Wallpapers.
I dont really dig any of the skinned android ui's, however it would be great to have a vanilla 2.1 rom that incorporated some of the MotoBlur stuff without having the complete Blur UI. In particular Im thinking the FB widget, and Blur numerical lock screen.
Extra points if the rom can also incorp the Sense mail widget. Dont know if its possible to mesh the two frameworks, but I can dream...
this might sound wierd bout i would like too see donut on my n1 so i can theme it
I just want the original 2.0 lockscreen with the arc. It looked a lot better IMO then the newer one does. Also the nexus is theme-able in it current state, just can't do anything with services.jar yet (so no white text in status bar).
As the Nexus One has almost identical specifications and hardware as the HTC Touch HD2 (besides the screen, and non N capable wireless?)
Does that mean we can hope for some Android love to the HD2?
If that so I would get the HD2 over Nexus simply because I find it superior, eventhough it lacks a AMOLED screen.
Id love to see SE's Nexus UX ported over. Im sure with the 512mb ram that the N1 has will make the UI silky smooth.
On another note, I just cant seem to understand why Google decided on a white notification bar. It boggles my mind, esp considering that most people get black phones. They really need to add a built in Metamorph for changing between a white and black theme...
well im running the the 2.1 leak and i decided to try and turn sense off via going into application manger and clearing defaults on sense and hitting home (like you did on 1.5), unfortunately this does not work, it does not give an option to choose between sense and vanilla android. Any suggestions?
The one signed with test keys, or the one signed with release keys?
sandboxlove said:
use homeswitcher from the market, although that method should work...
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He means when running a 1.5 rom there was the option to switch to "Home" as a launcher. In the leaked 2.1 rom there wasnt the choice.
He would have to install a separate launcher to be able to have a vanilla look.
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He means when running a 1.5 rom there was the option to switch to "Home" as a launcher. In the leaked 2.1 rom there wasnt the choice.
He would have to install a separate launcher to be able to have a vanilla look.
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yeah what this guy says, and home launchers from the market are generally slow and dumb
eagles16 said:
yeah what this guy says, and home launchers from the market are generally slow and dumb
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You can try helix from the market.. Its what i use instead of sense. Alot of people from here use it.
You can also look up Zeam Launcher, looks sorta like sense but runs wayyy smoother and its most definitely not htc sense.
Also you can try this one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678706
There are quite a few others, some devs include some in roms. Just search for launcher.apk or launcher2.apk.
Jus10o said:
You can try helix from the market.. Its what i use instead of sense. Alot of people from here use it.
You can also look up Zeam Launcher, looks sorta like sense but runs wayyy smoother and its most definitely not htc sense.
Also you can try this one from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678706
There are quite a few others, some devs include some in roms. Just search for launcher.apk or launcher2.apk.
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thanks man!
+1 for Helix launcher, whenever I go away from sense that's what use. The best part is the landscape homescreens.
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I want to start a thread to find out what the majority of people want for their Vivid. I think we were close to perfection with some of the GB Sense 3.5 ROM's. Now there is ICS... Take the time to tour other devices XDA threads and current ICS ROM's. There is starting to be some really cool stuff out there. Remember, this is just a wish list some or none of this may be currently possible now or ever. Along with all of the standard root, debloat, de-odexed etc, personally, I would like:
OC
Sense 4.0
Amaze Camera/(or other new boss future camera)
enhanced beats/(other sound tweak)
better battery life
Possible new theme selection (which I am told is not possible yet for Sense 4.0)
Wi/Fi Tether
FYI, I saw a cool non-sense ICS ROM out there that has a really cool sense like lockscreen and a bunch of launcher tweaks. It was for the Desire, I think...
AOSP gingerbread or ICS
I love stock and Sense 3.6.
jazzmoe76 said:
FYI, I saw a cool non-sense ICS ROM out there that has a really cool sense like lockscreen and a bunch of launcher tweaks. It was for the Desire, I think...
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DesireHD/Inspire - from LordClockan. Lockscreen has 2 fixed along with 2 that are replaceable. Have not been on the DHD forum for almost 2 weeks so not sure what new developments they have but pretty sick! Speed, stability, AND TOYS!
check out some of this coolness!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1444235
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Sense 4.0
Eclair Lock screen
Volume boost.
Overclockable ICS kernel
Amaze camera
CRT animations
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA Premium.
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
davidcampbell said:
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
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This
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davidcampbell said:
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
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+1 seriously cannot wait ! Witbthis hardware... =amaZing!
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davidcampbell said:
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
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CM9 is going to be great for sure. However, I'm a bit torn because I really like sense... I'm running CM9 on my nook color and although, the hardware is a bit laggy, the software is nice.
davidcampbell said:
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
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CM9 is my dream....
waiting patiently for the cubed
davidcampbell said:
Rooted CM9 or ICS MIUI
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Definitely this.
For starters either Sense 3.0 with ICS or Sense 4.0. Sense 3.5 is horribly ugly and 3.6 is better but the proprietary apps Music, Reader, Watch, etc look MUCH better on Sense 3.0. Just not feeling the bland straight edges and all black.
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Sense 4.0
De-bloated
De-odexed
Root
Better battery life ...
Voice control [like Siri on the iPhone 4s, or better]
Mostly, I'm happy with the stock AT&T vivid [after Rooting & de-bloating, etc] ... I just moved from a mostly stock HTC Rhodium, so Android is a whole new world of fun & learning.
I'm not sure exactly how Siri works on the iphone 4s but you can hold the search button on android devices and it lets you send a text, make a call, look up directions, listen to a certain song/artist/album, send an email, set an alarm, get a map of a place, go to a certain url, make a note to yourself, or google search things. It just doesn't talk to you...
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I'm not sure exactly how Siri works on the iphone 4s but you can hold the search button on android devices and it lets you send a text, make a call, look up directions, listen to a certain song/artist/album, send an email, set an alarm, get a map of a place, go to a certain url, make a note to yourself, or google search things. It just doesn't talk to you...
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This is from an article... "DiClemente notes that Google is expected to offer something called “Assistant,” as part of the next version of its Android operating system, version 5.0, dubbed “Jelly Bean.” That will be a more advanced voice-recognition search than Google currently offers, with the ability to tap into Gmail, the “Google+” social networking service, etc."
I agree, it would be awesome!
Am running Unlocked, Rooted, OTA, the ICS with 3.6, I like it but would love:
Capychimp's APM from Sensation
more settings on notification bar, like BC's or RCmix3D
a music player that allows sound enhancements over BT
and of course wifi hotspot
I would be happy just with these.
I have already sent Capy a message asking if it was possible to get the APM, and how this old fart can put it on, now to find the rest.
Cheers
Jeff
Hey I was just wondering why this does not work .
Why can I not cross use different apks from different roms .
I am using Ice cold sandwich atm and the Camera application sucks on it , half the stuff doesn't work so I am forced to use a third party application.
I tried to access the app folder inside the "system.ext3.tar" which was found in one of my backup roms . ---> Created with CW MOD
I basically tried to take the working camera application and install it on my current rom but it crashes on startup, how do you actually go about doing stuff like this? What are the requirements ?
I just dont get why it does not work
I also hate the clock APK in the rom it does not have a world clock which I really need. I tried to again take the World Clock apk from another rom and it did not even install.
They were all from different icecream sandwiches but with sense 4 , the rom I am using does not have sense but I dont see how that would really affect this
Can someone explain to me how to cross use APK system files ?:good::good:
I believe you can't cross sense with aosp and aokp. If you want sense apps to work then port to a sense Rom. Your trying to put a square peg in a triangle hole.
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I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
WILLI120 said:
I cannor really explain it, but I know for sure that u can't use apk-files from sense or touchwhiz and use them on AOKP ROMs. It's just not possible. Same thing for widgets...
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I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
Nanafy said:
I have an apk though that is the SENSE clock and it works in me rom which is AOSP :/
I can upload it if you would like to see and it works it appears in the widgets sections on my phone
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I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
markj338 said:
I don't think it would be *sense*
It hasn't been taken from a HTC rom, its just a clock thats themed to look like sense
like themed
A themed AOKP rom to look like sense is not a sense rom
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I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
Nanafy said:
I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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HTC apps require HTC framework and other HTC apps in order to work
So without the other apps, just come of them won't work
Most apps from other Roms, like Sony Ericsson and miui Roms will work, I have some of them
I think just Samsung and HTC apps won't work
But Samsung apps can be hacked
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Nanafy said:
I see thanks for all your help guys and if anyone can explain to me the technical aspect of not being able to cross APKS due to AOSP and AOKP
I am just curious as to the limiting factor
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There are dependency on HTC framework for sense APk,thus causing sense apk not working at aosp/aopk rom.
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