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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sjael:
The recent apps window in Sense 4 is One (heh) of the few features I genuinely dislike about it.

A key point of the menu is to access apps you have been previously using. As the article says, In Sense 4, you can see one full app screen, and the edges of the two on either side. In stock ICS you get four full apps shown. Sure, HTC's one looks nice, but it's far less practical, regardless of what the guy who designed it claims. Add some fancy reflections to the stock ICS and it'd look every bit as flashy, too.

And don't get me started on white menu backgrounds. They look nasty, and now I can't use them in the dark without going blind! :D

The guy even says they didn't have long to tinker with it. Google, on the other hand, has been iterating this UI for a long time. They didn't just make a utilitarian, functional UI at the last minute to get ICS out the door. The fuss they made over Roboto should tell you that much. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dcyouknow:
Coming off of 3 years of using Sense (had the Hero, Evo 4G and Evo 3D), Sense is nice to look at--but if you want a quicker, more streamlined experience, then stock Android is the way to go. I missed it way too much after I got rid of my G1 a couple years back.

Stock ICS > Sense 4.0.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bfspider:
Coming from a sensation 4g using ARHD, there are a few sense features that google should pick up on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
well he does work for HTC, so I could imagine they are proud of their work, it is the prettiest overlay for android and its has some useful widgets
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chlehqls:
Reading off of many reviews about Sense 4 (particularly The Verge's) many say that it does not bring anything new to the table that stock ICS already has.

Plus, many of the things Sense has can be implemented via third-party apps anyways. I never understood their need to insert their proprietary software in the device. Seems so limited and closed. Part of the reason why I hated Sense 3/3.5 on my EVO 3D.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt30:
IMHO, Sense was relevant and useful prior to ICS. Now, it just looks dated.

I appreciated sense on my Dinc but would never install a rom with Sense 4.0 on my Gnex.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
Sense influenced the evolution of android back in its pioneering days. Since google hired Mathias duarte from webos to apple-ify the interface to make it more elegant and intuitive, there's no need for sense. I wish that these companies would just stick to proprietary apps or something for differentiation rather than screwing with the os. The only thing lacking from ics stock is pull down toggles and customize able nav bar icons. Aokp and some others solve that without ruining ics.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
What made sense amazing however is what it did for windows phone before android came out or just after. It actually made that crap useable.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Ahhh....

*reminisces about Touchflo3D days*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
Marketing, that'd the only idea i can think of why the manufactures put it on, if they all ran vanilla (oh what a world it would be) they just pick thier style and run with it to separate themselves from other Android phones
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] XGrinder911:
Isn't it true that having an HTC phone means, if you root, that you always have the choice of stock android or sense? Something any other phone lacks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] redshirt72:
I bought the HTC HD2 day one, Sense was pretty but damn, it was just so slow on that phone. I was amazed the first time I loaded Android on it, because it ran faster than WM6.5 and it was running off my Class 2 SD card(one of mdeejay's builds). What I really wish that stock ICS had is what MIUI has and that's when you pull down the notification bar you also have a tab for all manner of toggles instead of having to litter one of your desktops with a widget. http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/11589
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] YoungAceAtlanta:
i think HTC Sense is cool social wise.. but it overhalls the phone too much..

I think Sense would be better if they did what Moto did with Moto Blur.. keep it light and simple..

But i have a HTC One X and IMO my Galaxy Nexus is smoother than my One X..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thebowers131:
Sense is by far the best skin for android(over touchwiz and motocrap) but stock ics takes the cake.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JaiaV:
For some people, like my wife, Sense is a great interface they wouldn't want to do without. From Android update to Android update, Sense stays relatively the same, and keeps them comfortable with their Android device. Some people really like all of the added features, social integration, and graphical fluff that comes with it. My wife won't use Android without Sense, and she's not the only one by far.

Other people, like me, gag every time they see yet another device with a 780MB-1GB+ overladen Sense rom that claims it invented the Android wheel. Some of us don't like all of the extra nonsense that you get whether you like it or not (on the T-Mobile HTC One S, at least, several of the bloat apps have the 'disable' option removed) and in some cases multiple apps that have almost exactly the same functionality as other stock apps that do it better anyways. Some of us are diehard stock Android fans.

Other people really love TouchWiz or Motoblur, and that's just the way it is.

This is at once one of the great and terrible things about Android: choice, if limited in some respects. It would be better if such manufacturer modifications were closer to user enabled themes that could be removed or added by choice, but that isn't the way it is right now. I guess that what I'm trying to say is that there is something for everyone, and there is no reason that fans of Sense, TouchWiz, Motoblur or stock Android can't find a way to coexist.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vash1053:
Honestly? Sense looks antiquated. It looks like it's just running gingerbread. It's downright hideous. They butchered ICS, although maybe not as bad as Samsung with the new TW.

Overlays are crap, Sense 4 is no exception.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kolyan:
Well its not really true, but its more likely for HTC with Sense to get a stock build from xda the say for Nexus to get Sense

The reason why I don't really like Sense is because to use all its widgets you must use Sense launcher which sucks. Sense 4 is also like 500mb vs what 150mb for stock ....

Its a very heavy overlay and many things are useless for me. But with new CPUs Sense runs faster then Stock Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TRusselo:
Sorry but this does not pertain to the Galaxy Nexus, please try to keep on topic when creating threads, or look in other sections of xda to post. Android General, and many HTC device forums have plenty of threads like this.

Thread closed.
[Defy General] King_Rat:
This seems to be known, but have little reference to...

go: themes/edit theme/wallpapers>Lockscreen (you'll need LW running as system wallpaper) - click on the white image with the dotted circle in the middle... (NB, you may have others)

Now have livewallpaper on your lockscreen ^^
[Defy General] adder23:
thanks it really worked. Looks really nice!

Its a pitty i am using only powersaving wallpapers :D
[Defy General] janeindiran:
Deosn't work on v4
[Defy General] King_Rat:
yeah... ICS sux my kahones ;)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] bothfly:
So I had the Euro/Unlocked version of the One X for a few days and it wasn't a keeper for me. I had several issues or bugs that I ended up selling it.

My bugs were:

1. Video Cam kept auto focusing all the time.

2. When listening to music from any player the song would crackle when you pressed a hardware button on the phone or sometimes on its own.

3. Battery life was so so.

4. Screens were laggy

5. 3 bottom buttons would not always light up

6. GPS issues

As you can see just way to many little issues for me and it was sold.

But now I'm still interested in the ATT version, so anyone have it and is it having the issues I listed?

The 16 gig of storage is also a big let down, the Unlocked had 32 gigs, I'd rather have more storage then LTE, as when I loaded everything on my One X I only had 8 gigs left.

So anyone come from the Unlocked One X to the ATT and what say you???
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] expertzero1:
theres a thread regarding the international version vs the xl version
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Tenacious--M:
I know its personal preference but can I get some recommendations on roms for the note? Just curious what many people are using and what seems to be the preferred roms....

Thank u!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlueBagodah:
I'm also curious about finding the best ROM. I currently have a stock Galaxy Nexus, and I love that, so I'm looking for the best ROM for the Note that is as close to Stock Android as possible.

I really want to pick one up, but until there's a Clean, Non-"Samsung-y" ICS ROM, I'm holding off.

Any leads would be Very much appreciated.

Thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] thunderkiss65:
If youre looking for ics i have been using this rom for about a month, has a few bugs but i use it for everyday.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1581065

If you want gingerbread this rom works fine with pretty much no bugs.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1522942
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] macked:
I'm running Noteworthy BETA 2 right now and I'm really liking it. I've only come across a couple very minor issues, the theming is top notch, it seems to perform well. Just add apex launcher and you're good to go.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1606413
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sharky157:
There is no others then the collectives troposhere
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Your going to have to wait much longer before anything is released, we dont even have an official release of ICS yet, nor do we have any source code, and after CM gets around to releasing a first release, even longer (probably a month or two) before it is stable enough for daily use.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] -aggie-:
DaGr8's was recommended to me as well by another member. I was told it was the closest to the original leaked ICS ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1581065
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jayRokk:
It all comes down to the user...

Only YOU know what YOULL like

Give them all a try and settle for your likings

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sqb:
+1 on troposphere!

Like a lemon to a lime. A lime to a lemon!
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
So I'm running the new joelzics from virgin.

My 4g doesn't work just scans and disconnects.

I've tried flashing other roms and still same thing with 4g

My radio is showing 1.6. And ending with 1216

Pri 1.53

I've posted in a few threads but didn't get any help.

So last try here thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Have you flashed the latest firmware updates yet ??? If not here's a link to freezas aio. Flash it then reflash the rom. See if that helps.

#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
My bad lol here's the Link.

http://www.androidfilehost.com/main/EVO_3D_Developers/Freeza/PG86IMG.zip

#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
Thank you. I flashed the firmware than the Rom but no 4g.

Could you tell me what your radio# and Pri are.

Maybe mine are looking like its updating but actually not...

Will hit thanks as soon as I can figure this out.
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
So my radio finally updated to 0426

Than reflashed Rom buy still no 4g.

Hope someone can help out.

I'm losing my mind.. lol
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
hello anyone??????
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Try a full wipe and reflash. Are you on sprint's network??

#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
I've tried that.. even ran an ruu re did the s-off thing.

And still no 4g.

It still shows virgin mobile.

Wish I knew what happened...
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Well it shows virgin mobile because of the firmware update. I was asking if you were on sprint's network?? As in is that your service provider.

Also try this to see if it will help

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153371

#Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
[HTC EVO 3D] kpsingh:
Did that followed all those steps and nothing. Yes I.have sprint service...
[HTC EVO 3D] metalfan78:
Maybe your wimax keys got screwed up. There uses to be an app called 'wimax key checker'. If that's the case then I think the only thing to do is get a replacement phone.

"We're coming from a pure power source."
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hedpe:
anyone successfully hard unbricked *themselves* with JTAG, or this "Riff Box" ?

I have a hard bricked Skyrocket. I see that I can send it in for $50. But I'm all about solutions where I'm not paying someone else, and I actually fix it myself. I learn something, and if I ever make the mistake again, I can fix it again. Not just that, but it can help other people.

I did some Googling and searching with XDA forums, but I haven't seen anyone who has been able to fix their hard brick other than sending it in for repair.

I did manage to find this result in Google:

http://www.jtagbox.com/2012/03/page/2/

It seems to be for something called a RIFF Box. It appears to be some sort of USB based JTAG solution, and they also appear to have a working flash for the Skyrocket.

Here is some more info on the RIFF Box:

http://www.unlockforum.com/showthre...-How-to-set-up-RIFF-Box-!?p=145560#post145560

It *seems* legitimate, but I need to do some more digging. Has anyone tried it? Downside is that it's ~$150 :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hedpe:
This guy who is the only person that I can find in the US unbricking the Skyrocket is *clearly* using the Riff Box in his video, saying he is the "first" to do this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk&t=1m50s

Here is the link to order a Riff Box, $150 + shipping, but I'm pretty sure it's international
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] aznrice2k4:
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
You should just get a flip phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nrm5110:
Wow you must really hate reading manuals and paying attention to wtf your doing
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
or a lumia.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] shaggyskunk:
or, two tin cans & string.

Sent from Down The Rabbit Hole, using Tapatalk 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] BaconStep:
Or a rock
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] creedicd:
"and the Forth one stayed up"

Sounds like this Monty Python scene... and the Forth one stayed up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YiPC91QUk
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] aznrice2k4:
It's not that at all. All the bricks were careless mistakes. The first brick was less than 12 hours into receiving the skyrocket. This was dated back into less than a week when the skyrocket was launched. I push my skyrocket to the limit. While on gingerbread I benchmarked on Antutu with 76xx score. Yeah I know benchmarks are just figures. Hell I'm just a guy who don't like limits. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jigglywiggly:
lrn2 read

which is odd since i duno how 2 rd

but i haven't bricked my skrocket and went thru lots of roms and all dem ics ones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jeffreylee:
im right there with ya,...friend....im on my seventh rocket.. first five were before the last 4months of" READING".....have got black circles around my eyes.. look like the walking dead.. cones and rods are fried from l.e.display... and now i look back at all the rockets i took back to at&t that i couldnt fix...?... i thought they were bricked for sure.. now i soft brick'em 3..4.. times a day.. and back to show room beautiful within the few short moments it takes to boot up my netbook..dang...but this one is a paperweight forsure... ive got techvideos ready to go in paypal... but i just cant stop searching......searching...for a solution... if they can connect a few wires to the motherboard and enter.. run.bat.........****....i got this son....! i just made a soldering gun outta no.2 pencil....got my vizio tablet back running my whole theatre system... i would really luv to pick your brain on ideas.... and processes you'vd tryed..or heard through the grapvine... or urban legends...im game... like i just replied in another thread.. ive got phonez!!... ill be alright..... i wanna repair this dang thing ...for those without the means or resources i do... the ones that are about to shed tears for the first time in yrs... cause trust me i know the value of a dollar...and 6billz is not just a drop in the bucket..P.M me anything you can.. ill be up all night and all day.......ive also seen riffbox for 150$... but what else do i need?..... hell... i tell ya what.... if i get a list of what teckdudez got over there... i personally swear... that i will let any registered xda member use this hardware based on the ... F the dumb sh** code...and return it in a timely manner..,...just pay the shippin.. brother...thanx.. @godbless...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
I have no idea how it works, but here's what I found....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk

http://faq.riffbox.org/index.php?action=artikel&cat=10&id=53&artlang=en

http://www.forum4phone.com/showthread.php/2157-RIFF-JTAG-Box-How-to-use-it

http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/new-riff-box-users-read-1111319/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jeffreylee:
im on it bro... thanx.. ive got a list of items to research amile long.. woulda took me forever to find these links... good lookin.... we will be the first free source jtagg debrick recovery repair service....haha.....im exited..ok..back to work.. peace@chickengrease.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lazer77:
Is...your...spacebar...broken?

:confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] WhatzinyourphonE:
And you would be this weeks fail. Wow five bricked skyrockets. I guess flashing with your eyes closed doesn't really work....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jeffreylee:
ur kool. my riffbox and jtagg software are being delivered to my door... wheres yours?.... oh..you would rather be a little fagg.... then help others?.. grow up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] whatlobster:
"Grow up" said the person who just called someone a 'fagg'.

Don't use that word. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzoweb:
I have been using custom roms for a while, know how to use Odin, have done it several times but now I'm stuck.

I can get into download mode, but whatever I try I can't get the phone to boot after I tried a new rom.

I have gone through the xda forums, can't find anything to help.

I had an ICS ROM (Andy ROM), rooted with CWM installed. I took a CWM backup before doing anything, then tried to apply a new update with CWM from a zip file, but it didn't work. Now I can't get back.

I have tried using Odin to apply various kernels and ROMS, but when the phone reboots it throws out lots of red lines saying it can't mount file systems . The same happens when I install a CF-root CWM kernel – lots of red lines (and it can't see my backup file).

I think I am getting lost with the file versions and order in which to apply them with Odin.

Any help appreciated.

If I have to give it back to Optus to sort, any idea how much they will charge?

These are some error messages:

I'm in ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.0.2

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

When I try to restore:

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't mount /sdcard

etc
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Hulk:
You need to ask this in the Q&A forum, ask a mod if they could move this thread for you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorrddan:
Hi, try to flash stock rom containig 3 files and pit via Odin. Repartition will erase all you data in internal memory and user data and settings.

Note, make backup of your photos, videos and other backups of rom to your computer. Eject SD and SIM cards. Backup folder EFS with Root explorer too.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzoweb:
Thanks

Hopefully the mods will see this is a Q and move it.

I need a bit more info - which file to use, which order etc?

I've got a few zip and tar files, but I only use the PDA button in Odin. Where are the Phone and CSC files?

These are the files I've tried

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.tar

CF-Root-SGS2_XW_MOT_KG1-v4.1-CWM4.tar

CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG1-v4.1-CWM4.tar

CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-v5.3-CWM5.tar

CWMrecovery.tar

GT-I9100_OPS_I9100XWKG1_I9100XXKF3_I9100OPSKG1.TAR

GT-I9100_XWKG1_insecure.zip

GT-I9100_XWKG2_insecure.tar

I9100XXKE4_Kernel.tar

T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
T989UVKL1_HOME_SGH-T989user_CL799405_REV00.tar? Really? Why in the world did you try to flash something for an SGH-T989 to your I9100? Or do you actually have an SGH-T989, and not a GT-I9100?

If that was the first thing you flashed, could be why you are having issues.

And good lord, it looks like you are just choosing kernels at random. KF3 and KG1 are Gingerbread kernels, and LPQ is an ICS kernel. What are you doing?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
Flashing any old **** to his device and expecting it to work and then surprised when it doesn't and comes here asking how to fix.

Same old story really.

[YOUTUBE]wwleOote5M0[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enzoweb:
Hey, thanks for the criticism, really helpful.

I had gingerbread, then put an ICS rom on, these files are what I had in my directory so I thought I'd try what worked before.

So I'm a noob; help would be appreciated rather than snarky comments.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorrddan:
See this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1448765&highlight=tutorial , I hope this tread will help you.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Directing someone who is apparently an I9100 user to use a guide titled "Repair your I9100G Samsung Galaxy S2 which has been flashed with wrong firmware" isn't going to help anyone.

---------- Post added at 04:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

So you DID flash that T989 file to your I9100?

If so, you probably made it worse... I don't know if that was a full firmware or a kernel... if it was a full firmware, it may have contained bootloaders. If so, you may have totally screwed the pooch.

Why do you even have that file?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linuxnubee:
a little help

Hi i am linuxnubee

I had similar probs too after reading alot i found that when you do a new rom through cwm i a had to change a couple of options

Esignature allow and another one o cant remember but the answeres are in the how to some where

Also can you remember your stock xxk? Because you can only install compatible kernals from what i understood from the how to's

Hope this helps alittle
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rocky23:
so u want to restore ur phone ,thts wat u want then jus flash the kernel in which u made backup,the otha kernels wont do it...jus remember which was the kernel tht u made backup point an ull b back on track:)