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[MOD][WIP][DEV NEEDED!]HTC Sensation Keyboard Port for Atrix

these phones both share a qHD resolution, and i'm a fan of the HTC Keyboard.
simply placing in /system/app with proper permissions won't work.
here is the deodexed apk http://www.multiupload.com/4T62KZI77A
and here is the stock one http://www.sendspace.com/file/zzrj7q
*thanks ekerbuddyeker!*
i'm hoping someone familiar with porting can get this to work on the atrix!
Guys now that we have an unlocked bootloader and kernel access what can we do? i'd love to resurrect this!

Currently working with the Sensation ROM DUMP and trying some things to get it working on the Atrix. Will post an update in a bit

You'll need the keyboard's library, too.

kennethpenn said:
You'll need the keyboard's library, too.
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can this be extracted from the sensation dump?
P.S. Kenn you da man, i love GingerBlur!

n1ckr0th said:
can this be extracted from the sensation dump?
P.S. Kenn you da man, i love GingerBlur!
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Yeah. Perhaps I'll try to extract it. Don't have a ton of time. But, if I can get around to it, I'm sure it could be done.
Edit: Tried and failed with library and APK.

I sincearly hate HTC's keyboard, and hate motorola's even more so I am not really interested in this project however I was going to say that some people might also be interested in the new keyboard off the droid x 2. That is also the same res.

kennethpenn said:
Yeah. Perhaps I'll try to extract it. Don't have a ton of time. But, if I can get around to it, I'm sure it could be done.
Edit: Tried and failed with library and APK.
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how did they port HTC's keyboard to other phones?
plvaulter06 said:
I sincearly hate HTC's keyboard, and hate motorola's even more so I am not really interested in this project however I was going to say that some people might also be interested in the new keyboard off the droid x 2. That is also the same res.
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is the x2's keyboard also a motorola keyboard?

Cool I can't wait I was already studying on how to port to get HTC sense ui on the atrix
There should be a poll
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Forget Sense
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jgu71424 said:
Cool I can't wait I was already studying on how to port to get HTC sense ui on the atrix
There should be a poll
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Custom kernel and a bunch of work...took a long time to get it on the samsung phones and there bootloaders aren't locked like ours
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Let's not hijack with HTC SENSE discussion. Start a new poll in General. I'd rather see devs devote their time to other projects that increase performance of the phone rather than a different "theme" persay. Besides if you want sense..you can get launchers to imitate...and icons galore. In the end that's all it is. So let's not hijack lol

fykick said:
Let's not hijack with HTC SENSE discussion. Start a new poll in General. I'd rather see devs devote their time to other projects that increase performance of the phone rather than a different "theme" persay. Besides if you want sense..you can get launchers to imitate...and icons galore. In the end that's all it is. So let's not hijack lol
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agreed. so is anyone familiar with how the HTC_IME from previous phones was ported?

Wow, the atrix will be better with htc keyboard and sense's dialer (no need the whole sense). This is of course IMO anyway great direction devs

I'm familiar, and I love keyboard from htc evo and desire hd

EclipseX said:
I'm familiar, and I love keyboard from htc evo and desire hd
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will you be able to contribute to this mod? the poll reveals that it would be pretty well accepted if accomplished.

rjayflo said:
Forget Sense
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Dude sense is by far the most stable and practical OS.

junooni.1980 said:
Dude sense is by far the most stable and practical OS.
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1) Sense is a GUI overlay to ANDROID OS.
2) It is generally considered the best 'skin' but it is not the end all be all best. It is quite resource intensive, some do not like the look, and it is not as social orientated as other skins.
3) It is not always stable and some other more minor skins are much more stables (ones that mess with framework much less then HTC Sense does)
Now to the real question in the post.
I would like to see it if for no other reason then it is another option. I can not say I liked the HTC Desire keyboard better then the stock Android 2.3 Keyboard. I do not know what HTC changed in the sensation keyboard so I can not comment to that one directly.

Sure man, every improvement is valid

Anyone get anywhere with porting the keyboard?
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OpenSense SDK

wow! htc is releasing a full SDK devoted to sense. check it out here http://www.htcdev.com/dev-center/ this will help devs here on xda TONS so i thought id share.

Cool beans!

Boss
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That's awesome! Maybe we can port some HTC apps to AOSP, like their camera

Good to know that they're removing their heads from their asses.

This is actually huge. The ability to pull from sense will open so many doors.
I can see a beautiful cyanasense coming and that really tickles my pickles

From what I read on the Engadget article about this, it sounds like it's geared towards app development to compliment/integrate with the Sense environment. The developers will get access to the APIs and whatnot, but I don't think they're open sourcing Sense as a whole, but I may have missed something in my skimming.
Edit: Yup, I was right. Here's the article if anybody wants more details. http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/03/htc-announces-opensense-sdk-and-htcdev-offers-paradise-inside-i/
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I saw this yesterday and was really excited, then I realized the same thing that you do. Either way its still good that theyre opening it to the community.

That's a bummer

It seems like they just want developers making apps that tie exclusively into the Sense environment. Not a great idea in my opinion. If only Sense didn't drag the phone to a crawl, I'd like it a lot more!

Why on earth would a developer want to limit their creations to those on sense based phones?
Am I missing something here?
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Div033 said:
Why on earth would a developer want to limit their creations to those on sense based phones?
Am I missing something here?
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I think it's to integrate apps directly into the Sense environment. For people who like Sense a lot (3.0 is real awesome, just saying), its a good move.
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RegnierD said:
I think it's to integrate apps directly into the Sense environment. For people who like Sense a lot (3.0 is real awesome, just saying), its a good move.
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And there's most definitely going to be new apis for enhancing/optimizing apps for senseui.

Bummer. I should have known when they said SDK it was only for app development.

It stinks they're keeping Sense locked down, but I still think this is cool. If the corresponding just onto e bandwagon they could just have it somehow check for Sense, and if so adjust itself to enable extra functionality. Sounds cool to me... might even pull me back towards sense.
Tapatalk Pro Sig. Yep, boring.

Rom sense 3.5?

Is it possible to have a rom with sense 3.5? Sense 3.5 leaves more free ram.
In the sensation with sense 3.0 the ram is 563 and with sense 3.5 the ram is 613

You must be kidding... Even porting Sense 3.0 would be impossible just because it's way too big... Don't even think of that.

Only.reason is really cuz its.for.ARM7 not ARM6 is the.main reason.not.becuz of.the size...just like miui
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tazzpatriot said:
Only.reason is really cuz its.for.ARM7 not ARM6 is the.main reason.not.becuz of.the size...just like miui
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And the fact it would be unbearable to use Gingerbread+ Sense 3.0+ in any ARM6 device, not just G1. Sense 3.5 isn't exactly perfect on 2nd Gen snapdragon phones, the experience would be worse on this phone. Making porting it a non-issue for us here, but I do agree with your statement. The drivers in those phones make it difficult to get working parts on ARM6. And don't forget RAM, Sense uses 200+ on any HDPI, in MDPI is may be ~100-150ish, swap may/or may not help that.

Well they already ported it to the htc hero from the Htc Explorer (Htc Pico) which has a armv6 cpu
Link:http://www.xda-developers.com/android/sense-3-5-ported-for-the-htc-hero/

Yeah.
The G1 dev's are already working on it.
Officially porting it to the G1/Magic

Rushness said:
Yeah.
The G1 dev's are already working on it.
Officially porting it to the G1/Magic
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Why do we all have the same idea at about the same time?

Maybe we can do that together?
Not like the 2.2 Sense thing...
Working in a team would be much better.

Rushness said:
Maybe we can do that together?
Not like the 2.2 Sense thing...
Working in a team would be much better.
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Working as a team is much more efficient than everyone doing the same thing independantly.
Have you got it to boot yet? I did yesterday but I was drunk and deleted it... don't know what i did

You sir.... xD
Why do you do that :OOO
I'm actually on the download because it's so bugged.. :<

Rushness said:
You sir.... xD
Why do you do that :OOO
I'm actually on the download because it's so bugged.. :<
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I did a lot of stupid stuff yesterday. i now have a fear of duct tape and chairs... those girls were violent...
Now back on topic, it downloaded fine from me. But I downloaded at school using their amazingly fast internet

Okay i also got faster internet now :3
So what did you do first (example), pm me please :/

when comes beta sense 3.5?

Calm down. It still takes some time.
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Winins said:
when comes beta sense 3.5?
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Shortly after it works. We could give you what we have now if you want. It hangs on splash and does nothing at all

Do you get logcat already tvall?
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Blackberry overhaul

Hi all. I would like to know if it is possible to have a blackberry style on my OB. Like launchers, etc... I search in internet but the only thing I manage to find is ADW launcher + its Blackberry theme.
Thanks. ^^
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Sobralobo said:
Hi all. I would like to know if it is possible to have a blackberry style on my OB. Like launchers, etc... I search in internet but the only thing I manage to find is ADW launcher + its Blackberry theme.
Thanks. ^^
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LOL buy an Android to have Blackberry UI. Craziest thing I heard this month
Blackberry system isn't a loved system/UI, so I don't really think there is much more than the ADW theme. A BB launcher, sure nobody made it. But you can start getting the icons (if you can find them in good resolution :S ) and start with an icon pack.
Also you can mod the status bar to look like BB.
LOL sobralobo! I just realized this is you when I looked up to read again the post! What are you doing?! Hahaha
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Ahah antonio, it's just because I love changing the style of my phone. Sometimes I want android UI, then Iphone UI, WP7 UI and know I would like the blackberry one. I like it too. Too bad that there is nothing more than ADW.
Well now I had to stop trying some development and modding because I'll have exams next week and you ?
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+1 why would you want your android to look like a blackberry? Into the same vein Antonio, didn't you make the wp7 theme? Why would anyone want their black to look like a windoze phone?
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dharmabm said:
+1 why would you want your android to look like a blackberry? Into the same vein Antonio, didn't you make the wp7 theme? Why would anyone want their black to look like a windoze phone?
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Hahaha you didn't get me! I wasn't saying "why would you want Android look like *** not Android?", but specifically Blackberry, which isn't precisally famous for its beauty nor its performance (okay, Blackberries have a keyboard and are useful for businessman blabla).
WP7 and its Metro style have been recognized as pretty, and I'm not the only crazy who said "oh, it's nice", so I'm not alone
I'm not of those who are Android 100% defenders and it must look like Android. You all know that. I was just messing with Blackberry (which I hate), making my point and also messing with Sobralobo a little bit

Fair enough, and I'm always looking for themes, but ones that DON'T look like anything else. And as much as you may hate blackberry, I DESPISE everything Microsoft, so from the moment I saw your theme I couldn't understand why anyone would want to make an android look like Microsoft (though I must admit it looks pretty cool) I feel the same about iPhones, if you want your LG or Samsung to look like an iPhone, just spend the extra $200 and buy one!
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Ahah it's just that I love change themes. X) And that its like I have many phones ahahah.
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What, bb theme???
I once searched for my friend's phone theme and same, adw & go launcher theme i got.
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dharmabm said:
Fair enough, and I'm always looking for themes, but ones that DON'T look like anything else. And as much as you may hate blackberry, I DESPISE everything Microsoft, so from the moment I saw your theme I couldn't understand why anyone would want to make an android look like Microsoft (though I must admit it looks pretty cool) I feel the same about iPhones, if you want your LG or Samsung to look like an iPhone, just spend the extra $200 and buy one!
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and then at the times you DO want it to look like android you cant do **** cause neither iphone nor wp7 are customizable...

Just found this ; https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.BBERRY

I mentioned it before... just a go launcher theme. Not a complete theme.
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timvdhoorn said:
Just found this ; https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gau.go.launcherex.theme.BBERRY
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Look very good.

(REQ) Sense launcher in Aosp rom

As a long time lover of Aosp (since froyo on my old cappy) I really miss it, the problem is I've fallen in love with sense 5. That's all I really care about in sense roms though. So I was wandering if it's possible to port the sense launcher to a gpe rom. Is it possible?
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i think that would require loads of work but im not 100 % on that

Yeah its probably possible with tons of work, but I doubt anyone would take a lot of interest in porting it since honestly it's nothing special of a launcher and it's rather stale in features. Anyways, why do you want the sense 5 launcher over something like nova launcher or action launcher pro?
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Blinkfeed. It's perfect for when you're sitting around with nothing to do. I've become quite attached to it.
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spitfire2425 said:
Blinkfeed. It's perfect for when you're sitting around with nothing to do. I've become quite attached to it.
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I guess that's understandable. I settled for Feely though since it's amazingly designed and I can customize it by websites I want easily. Still waiting for new widgets from them though.
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