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why it is not rapid in homescreen ?

before going on the nexus one, I had a hero htc and strut really faster than the nexus of the home, the lag does not the hero and the nexus with snapdragon yes

After rooting and installing a custom rom (tried both cyan & modaco desire), the lag disappeared. I believe a large portion is due to the extra memory freed up running these roms.
When google releases their next OTA with himem, and some other tweaks, it should (hopefully) be fixed for non-rooted users.
I have heard some folks using 2.1 on their Droid that it's a tad bit laggy as well.

azalex86 said:
After rooting and installing a custom rom (tried both cyan & modaco desire), the lag disappeared.
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I'm using cyan's rom and it's somewhat smoother than stock, yet not as smooth as my mother's Magic.
Surprising to say the least.

im using cyanogen but is not better smootly

frandavid100 said:
I'm using cyan's rom and it's somewhat smoother than stock, yet not as smooth as my mother's Magic.
Surprising to say the least.
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Yeah, the magic is running 320x480 (vs 480x800), im assuming still on android 1.6. The processor speed difference should be able to make up for it, but it seems Android 2.1 is the main reason for the lag at the moment...perhaps a background process?
Also, do you have animated wallpaper enabled?
I'm currently on MoDaCo Desire a19, using SetCPU @ 998mhz, and using the Social Live Wallpaper, and the screen movement is smooth as silk. Prior, I was using a21, and had the same homescreen lag I had on the stock rom.

Using home++ is smooth

yes it is the resolution(480x800) that is poorly managed but why ?

supergodie said:
Using home++ is smooth
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i dont like home++ live wallpaper dont work on this

kosworld said:
i dont like home++ live wallpaper dont work on this
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Home++ beta 0.8.0.7.15 from their website allows live wallpaper.
Try switching to a different live wallpaper and see if you see any performance increase. Are you using the stock N1 live wps or one that is made by someone else?

no im using cyanogen 5.0.5.3 and sometimes desire rom alpha 21

I was always aware of it being not so smooth but when I finally compared it to an older HTC Magic I was disappointed... it's definitely smoother on the magic. I'm running CM btw, and I didn't notice any improvement in smoothness after flashing.

Yeah, that's very odd. After I flashed it, there's a night and day difference.
Have you tried removing all your widgets & shortcuts to see if it reduces the lag at all? Then add them one at a time to see if something's screwing with it?
Dunno why it would have that big of an impact, but to be honest, sometimes the dumb things fix more than one would think, hahaha.

azalex86 said:
Also, do you have animated wallpaper enabled?
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Nope, only one of the stock wallpapers (the one with the red rock).
I have noticed that if you add shortcuts to several contacts, performance plummets. Could you check and see if the same happens to you?

With the stock ROM I get a lot of lag too. Home++ really helps, but i want live wallpaper and 3D launcher.

frandavid100 said:
Nope, only one of the stock wallpapers (the one with the red rock).
I have noticed that if you add shortcuts to several contacts, performance plummets. Could you check and see if the same happens to you?
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I added 20 contacts, and while there was a minor slowdown initially swiping to that page, it's not running that much slower overall.
I'm using TaskPanel, and kill everything but the HTC sense, mail, messaging, live wallpaper processes on phone start up. Then I don't touch the thing, and have nothing on it's autokill list (I let android deal with it). I found that if I don't do this, the FM Radio app along with a couple others autorun, and android never kills them, even if they are never used.
At this moment, after having the phone on for 22 hours, I have 179MB of free memory.
(Using the following on my home screen: Social Live Wallpaper, HTC Big clock w/ animated weather, TaskPanel 4x1 widget, last.fm widget, htc calendar, htc photo album, power control, htc friendstream, htc news, and the rest of the empty space is filled with program shortcuts.)

I don't think it have anything to do with the resolution. I think it have everything to do with the new launcher. Remember, when Droid came out it had the pull up launcher and 2.1 immediately came out it had a different launcher. I have a feeling it was rushed and not optimized. I could be wrong but i have a funny feeling the next release will probably be better.
For now I'm using Enom rom with the Manup hero like theme and goodies. I limited the launcher screens to 3 screens to improve it a little better to me (albeit 3 screens is more than all i need so I'm cool with it).

frandavid100 said:
not as smooth as my mother's Magic.
Surprising to say the least.
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no, it's surprising that nobody ran with the above quote...

deprecate said:
no, it's surprising that nobody ran with the above quote...
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English is not my first language, I run into some unintentional puns every now ant then...

Sense replacement

I often see people saying, "I would go to vanilla if..." Facebook syncing, mail support, etc. So I thought it would be a good idea to compile a list of apps that can serve as replacements for sense functionality:
syncmypix - photo syncing with social networking (particularly facebook)
ringdroid - ringtone trimmer
adw launcer - good launcher replacement
launcherpro beta - my personal choice for a launcher
beautiful widgets - weather/clock widget as well as settings toggles (bluetooth, wifi, etc.)
fancy widget - free alternative to the weather/clock widget
cubed (3) - music player
Submit your own replacements, and I'll update the list.

Helix was my primary on my Hero, but the newest ADW is the awesome. I installed all the home replacements and ADW won me over with the customization options: Horizontal or Landscape rotation, ability to peg 4 apps to the tray, ability to add columns/rows, ability to not show icon names, and overall transparency settings.

axelbot said:
I often see people saying, "I would go to vanilla if..."
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Didn't think you could put vanilla on the Evo even if you root. Am I wrong? Kinda confused

ap3604 said:
Didn't think you could put vanilla on the Evo even if you root. Am I wrong? Kinda confused
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There is not yet a functioning AOSP ROM, but as soon as HTC releases the kernel source we should have plenty.
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ap3604 said:
Didn't think you could put vanilla on the Evo even if you root. Am I wrong? Kinda confused
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No we don't have true vanilla, but we do have more or less "sense-less" roms to some extent. You can basically pull most htc apps out and replace some others with vanilla versions. Not quite vanilla, but I prefer it as little sense as possible.
danknee said:
Helix was my primary on my Hero, but the newest ADW is the awesome. I installed all the home replacements and ADW won me over with the customization options: Horizontal or Landscape rotation, ability to peg 4 apps to the tray, ability to add columns/rows, ability to not show icon names, and overall transparency settings.
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I agree ADW is very nice, but don't overlook launcherpro. All those settings are available in launcherpro too. Of course, purely your choice and personal preference, just saying.

launderpro FTW!
fancy widget is a great htc weather replacement..grab it before it disappears.

TheBiles said:
There is not yet a functioning AOSP ROM, but as soon as HTC releases the kernel source we should have plenty.
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Thanks for the info brotha'
Any rough ideas how long HTC usually waits until they release the kernel source for a phone?

ap3604 said:
Thanks for the info brotha'
Any rough ideas how long HTC usually waits until they release the kernel source for a phone?
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They wait forever. I dont know if its a sprint thing or htc. But the htc hero it took months for 1.5 source and we have been waiting for close to a month for 2.1 kernel source.
My guess for the evo... its going to be awhile.

MrDSL said:
launderpro FTW!
fancy widget is a great htc weather replacement..grab it before it disappears.
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how did u get thatwhite taskbar and does it include a 4g icon when using 4g instead of 3g?

extrafuzzyllama said:
how did u get thatwhite taskbar and does it include a 4g icon when using 4g instead of 3g?
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I'm running froyo and 4g doesnt work so no icon.

touchwiz 3.0

hi touchwiz 3.0 for android

Is... is this the TouchWiz launcher?

sleepwalkers said:
Is... is this the TouchWiz launcher?
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It is.
Seems unaligned though.
I'm using HD2FroYo 2.1 by DarkStone
DuperMan

i wish the samsung widgets were included

How to start
How do I start this app? I use Android 2.2 an my HD2
Thx

Press "Home" button

scrolling through apps is so laggy , any way thanks allot

hoss_n2 said:
scrolling through apps is so laggy
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thats why I reorder them to have only three rows in each screen. its a hassle but, it works flawlessly

thank you for this, i think it looks great!
Are you able to get the media player to work from the galaxy s?

steel69 said:
thank you for this, i think it looks great!
Are you able to get the media player to work from the galaxy s?
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I'm interested to! That would be great!

sorodrigo said:
hi touchwiz 3.0 for android
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Thanks a lot! its working under shubCRAFT_v1.4c version
not laggy
but in the homescreen i cant add any samsung widget is it normal??
when i add from android widget i tried handcent sms medium which doesnt fit the screen... fyi

shadowhacker27 said:
thats why I reorder them to have only three rows in each screen. its a hassle but, it works flawlessly
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how do you do this ?

where the samsung widget can be download.?
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rasumia said:
Thanks a lot! its working under shubCRAFT_v1.4c version
not laggy
but in the homescreen i cant add any samsung widget is it normal??
when i add from android widget i tried handcent sms medium which doesnt fit the screen... fyi
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yep, samsung widgets arent working yet

how do i enable the touchwiz back again if i selected launcher pro as default launcher ?

phatsua said:
how do i enable the touchwiz back again if i selected launcher pro as default launcher ?
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Settings, applications, manage applications, choose launcher pro , and tap clear defaults.then tap home button
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Screenshots please!
Someone post some screenies please.

Just for peoples information this is a nice android over lay however on our hd2 the android widgets don't actually fit properly on the screen so its pretty unusable,i hope someone fixes this. Worth the download tho just so yall can see what its like!
EDIT: I just realized its not that our widgets are mis aligned and therefore don't fit, its that whilst using touch wiz launcher our android widgets seem to be slightly bigger then they should be....very strange. I wonder if someone with the technical know how could take a look into this because its a nice overlay, I love the simplicity of it and would be great to have fully functioning. But for me nothing beats htc sense so not too bothered

Coming From HTC

Hi,
i am waiting for my nexus 4 to be shipped soon, but i am currently not sure how i will like jelly bean without any theme,
i have been using htc's sense on my sensation for quite a a while, about 19 months and the main things i like are the widgets, the contacts and phone theme and the messages app theme,
my questions is that is there a custom rom that is similar to the htc's sense or is the standard google rom ok ?
just worried as i may miss my sensation too much.
thanks in advance.

ifti_a said:
Hi,
i am waiting for my nexus 4 to be shipped soon, but i am currently not sure how i will like jelly bean without any theme,
i have been using htc's sense on my sensation for quite a a while, about 19 months and the main things i like are the widgets, the contacts and phone theme and the messages app theme,
my questions is that is there a custom rom that is similar to the htc's sense or is the standard google rom ok ?
just worried as i may miss my sensation too much.
thanks in advance.
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i coming from htc sensation, i have the nexus 4 from 5 december i have installed nova launcher prime and hd widgets and have the clock and wheather same of sense, but the phone have better audio screen definition and the os is incredible fast compared to old sensation.

caxio said:
i coming from htc sensation, i have the nexus 4 from 5 december i have installed nova launcher prime and hd widgets and have the clock and wheather same of sense, but the phone have better audio screen definition and the os is incredible fast compared to old sensation.
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thanks for this
my ship time was like 6-7 weeks, its been about 2 and half so far
i just cant wait any more!

I went Sensation => One X => Nexus 4
I have to say though, I always preferred AOSP to Sense, so I'm not in the same boat as you. The only thing I vaguely miss is the weather clock widget, but I replaced it with something else.

I'm also coming from sensation.
Had HTC for the past few years just because of sense.
But after getting this phone, I will never look back again. You can find the things you need on play store to replace those HTC widgets.
AOSP is a whole other experience. Better than you imagine when used to a HTC phone.

In my opinion, I can't stand manufacturer UIs and would rather have the stock theme any day.
Use Beautiful Widgets if you want a HTC like clock weather widget.

MSI Afterburner said:
In my opinion, I can't stand manufacturer UIs and would rather have the stock theme any day.
Use Beautiful Widgets if you want a HTC like clock weather widget.
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note: BW is on sale right now so get it before it goes back to full price! definitely worth it.

Coming from a few HTC phones(look at sig).
This thing is blazing fast compared to my Sensation, it's like when I went from my g1 to mytouch 3gs, but with a larger gap. This thing is worth every penny if you ask me. The design, speed, and price are unbeatable.
I use to be crazy about Sense also but after awhile you get use to the much nicer stock JB UI and its widgets.

coming from mytouch4g. definitely prefer HTC widgets over stock widgets but i prefer AOSP performance over HTC widgets

Always owned mostly HTC phones (HTC Magic, HTC Evo 3D, HTC Amaze) only cuz I really liked Sense, especially the widgets. Had an Sony Ericsson Arc for a while, which made me realize how much I actually liked Sense.
Using the N4 now, I've found replacements for most of the HTC widgets, except I really miss the monthly calendar widget where I can see the whole month.
Using Jorte as an alternative but it's not as pretty as the HTC sense widget. Also miss the stock widget, but that's not as important as the calendar IMHO.

i mis the contact book from HTC, other stuff you can fine tune for yourself.

Nothing is better than stock.

Love my Nexus 4.......except for camera....One X camera is great!

icepixie said:
Using the N4 now, I've found replacements for most of the HTC widgets, except I really miss the monthly calendar widget where I can see the whole month.
Using Jorte as an alternative but it's not as pretty as the HTC sense widget. Also miss the stock widget, but that's not as important as the calendar IMHO.
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I have exactly the same problem.
So far haven't seen a month widget that could match the looks and usability of he htc calendar widget. Would love to know if there is one that could match it?

I have SPB mobile shell 3d and HD widgets.
SPB runs and looks real good on the Nexus 4 so in terms of widgets, and looks I substitute most things I used in sensation, with those 2.
The only thing I miss and can't find decent substitute for is the contacts app, and WiFi calling.
Note: WiFi calling was a T-Mobile specific thing.
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i really miss my One S picture frame widget .. i used to have a collage of hoes now i gotta swipe one by one to see them it's kind of depressing. . and the evernote widget sense used was awesome how you could flip through the notes . . i think sense just looked prettier but i'm happy with the N4 =)

Sooo many people miss things from sense
I think we need to pay a developer to port sense onto nexus 4
That would be awesome.
I think I will need to find a few alternatives .
Thanks to everyone
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ifti_a said:
Sooo many people miss things from sense
I think we need to pay a developer to port sense onto nexus 4
That would be awesome.
I think I will need to find a few alternatives .
Thanks to everyone
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That's not gonna happen, trust me.
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No sense port will be happening I don't think mainly because usually people get Nexus to experience stock android. But if you want widgets like sense, you can try some contacts widgets from play store
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HTC Sensation as well. Best thing I ever did was flash Virtuous Inquisition. AOSP style but still Sense framework so everything works as it should.
Only thing about AOSP is the dispute between Google and Facebook over who owns contact information. As a result, in stock form, Facebook contact numbers don't sync. Considering I relied on Facebook for 90% of my contact numbers originally......
But using Google Voice now for SMS, my primary contacts are all with Google as well now.
Not sure what it is about HTC Sense that's a big deal.

Sense 5

Hello all... I was trying to find if such topic has been presented before.
What is your expectations for Sense 5 as software and inhancements? For me, I wish they consider the following from my experience in HOX+:
- Gmail in mail application: I like to use Gmail in HTC mail app (imap) instead of Gmail official app. However, there is no star option for a message. Hope HTC is fixing this in Sense 5.
- Although I like HTC notes and HTC tasks apps, I wish they will allow to disable it if I want to use different apps. In HOX+ they prevented disabling them as they are connected to calendar and other messaging system. Also, the evernote merging in HTC note app isn't complete and it misses tags.
- I hope they can now provide an option to choose what info I can sync from Facebook (pics, contacts, ...)
- Movie Editor doesn't have a link in gallery app.
- Flickr merging (I like it of course) isn't complete and miss a lot of features. They either make it complete or allow us to disable it if I want to use different client.
- I like the way of Linkedin are being sync into contacts but it doesn't allow to open Linkedin contact link in the official app as it does in Facebook
- Stocks market by HTC & Yahoo doesn't support all market. So, another app is needed. I hope it's been fixed in Sense 5 or being able to be disabled too.

SenseTV, boomsound, Zoe that's about it. I don't care about anything else on sense 5.

i just dont like the icons of sense5,

该隐之怨 said:
i just dont like the icons of sense5,
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I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it

Honestly as long as the messaging app looks crisp, I'm a happy camper! haha.

Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool

kalo88 said:
I think the 'flat' effect looks rather cool
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+1
Much more classy
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Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Riyal said:
I agree they removed the 3Dness of the whole UI which for me is quite weird considering that they are boasting enhanced hardware. Yet they downgrade software. Although a large number of users tend to like it
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It's all to do with reducing the lag on Sense, making everything flat will mean that everything will be a lot smoother and take less time to load so reduces lag. This is something that I really want as even on Jelly Bean Sense 4+ still lags and stutters at times which on the devices we have it shouldn't happen.
Push mail in the default mail app would be nice too.

It looks way better than the old one. Simple is better :victory:

I like the new icons... Been looking for a sense 5 cm10 for theme the last week.

I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?

What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.

clarkgable said:
I wonder if you can view twitter contacts in the 'people' app?
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Yes you can
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Aetherion90 said:
What I like from Sense is the ability to customize the themes (Scenes and Skins options under Personalize settings). But now they removed those options
Wonder if they'll add it back in or is there any apps that have similar functions? Especially since Sense 4+, the Skins also affects the Weather Clock look and feel.
And also, they remove tons of HTC cool widgets.
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I think it is still present in the other (normal) home screen
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Bought the Desire HD and One X when they were released .. Haven't regreted it a second!
As soon as the HTC One is out im all over that ****!
This phone is going to be a blast!

Movie Editor
I want Movie Editor back on mi HOX+ with Sense 5.
Anyone know if this application can be downloaded ???
Thanks !!!!
Matias.

xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
Im loving what they did with the UI, it's a million time better but I still don't like the icons. I've never been a big fan of android Icons in general, I'm used to all my icons having the same shape like on iOS. I'm sure ill get used to it, since some icons look nice but there are quite a few that I think are just really bad. Definitely gonna be themeing to get rid of them.
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Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo

crixley said:
Gross..
ios icons are the worst imo
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They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
They don't look nice but I like the fact they are all the same shape. They all look like they belong with each other other. Why are you replying to a thread that's months old anyways?
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Look above, I didn't bump the thread...
I'm using an app and didn't notice the date it was originally made.
Anyway I agree with the same size, but I don't like them all being the same shape.
I think that looks cheesy