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[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
I like the Sense look. As a matter of fact I like both sense and aosp. Each bringing their own brand of user interface design with its advantages. However I am not sold on one side of the spectrum. I totally love the sense 4.1 look but theres hardly any ability to theme or mod the crap out of it right now. (except for chubbz elegencia) Then on sense 3.6 you could mod the crap out of the interface. Aosp has the advantage of changing themes on the fly which is one of the main reasons I love asop. Right now I am leaning on viper3d because of how beautiful it looks. It is making good development progress over other sense 4.1 roms. As for the new line up of htc phones, I am not sold on trading in my evo 3d yet because most of the new phones have small upgrades to ram and cpu clock speeds. Not to mention the fact that lte is non existent right now. I don't even have 4g in my area. So why would I want to upgrade? I'll wait until next year when they come out with quad core phones to upgrade. I am happy with my evo 3d with viper 3d.
[HTC EVO 3D] CiDhed:
I think AOSP is more aesthetically pleasing. I bought HTC for the hardware and the customer support I have received from them because both my g1 and my n1 were great pieces of hardware. I had hoped that AOSP support would end up like it did on the evo4g.

Sense is neutered. The multitasking sucks, you have to edit the build.prop to get rid of that htclinkify crap(I know this is forced on them) and it is generally bloated feeling(I don't think it runs any slower but it feels slower.) The stock sense apps also pale in comparison to the stock aosp apps. The calculator is just plain gaudy and the dialer(I know, everyone's favorite) has always bugged me.

Maybe I'm just use to AOSP because my first ~2.5 years with android was using that. I do like HTC though and hope they come out with a HTC Nexus again.
[HTC EVO 3D] umataro:
With each update to sense, i keep hoping to see support for application folders added. I get disappointed each time. I'd love to use sense on my phone but with 120+ applications installed, I need to be able to group them somehow. That's why i switched to aosp + go launcher. There's no point having sense and not using it if you can have an aosp rom and 2-3 times as much free memory.

(i'm talking about folders in application drawer)
[HTC EVO 3D] kiewee3:
I love HTC and everything that they do. Sense >>> than anything else in my mind. I also love the design of HTC phones software and hardware.

Just my opinion not that anyone else really cares :P

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You can group apps into folders on Sense 3.6 and above
[HTC EVO 3D] icon69:
As I previously stated I personally can't stand sense and prefer AOSP but I do agree with you that HTC produces (in my opinion) the best hardware out of all the other companies. HTC phones feel like sold nice phones compared to Samsung, lg, and Sony where there phones feel like cheap plastic. I honestly hope the rumors of HTC coming out with there own nexus are true because that would be freaking amazing! Lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
Ok. Here is my humble, but correct, opinion: sometimes I like sense, sometimes I like aosp. That is all.
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyboi1994:
one thing i can say i miss from sense since ive gone aosp is the sence keyboard :(

probably the best keyboard every invented
[HTC EVO 3D] Jsparta26:
I know the feeling. The keyboard is epic on sense. I know they got hybrid roms out there with elements of both sense and aosp integrated together for those who love both the sense and aosp.
[HTC EVO 3D] Scotty_Two:
It's been so long since of been on Sense, what's so good about it? Not being snobby or anything, serious question, I really can't remember much about it lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Most people really like the widgets. I know you can get similar ones for other launchers but they never seem to have all the features of the Sense versions.

While spinning rosie and other Sense effects may seem unnecessary at best to some, others really like them, and most of the launchers have implemented some "3D" effects. The SPB launcher goes way beyond Sense in that arena and some people love that.

As my grandfather used to say, "there's no accounting for taste." Why do some people like mushrooms and others don't?

As the phones become ever more powerful, the efficiency argument for the other launchers fades away, so it really becomes personal preference for the aesthetics.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] Scotty_Two:
Wondering more about the keyboard specifically lol
[HTC EVO 3D] cityeyes:
Yeah, I'm not sure either. It's OK, but Swiftkey and the new AOSP JB keyboard are pretty superior, in my opinion.
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Oh! lol

A lot of people seem to like the arrow keys that are always present with that keyboard. HTC Trace is an alternative to Swype that some users actually prefer. And again it comes down to aesthetics and the white on black look of the Sense keyboard is appealing to some.

I'm in the SwiftKey camp myself, although I do like to follow the Swype updates just to see what they include. Dragon may be the best option available if you like to dictate text.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] icon69:
SwiftKey user here too, I honestly can't stand the HTC keyboard, Idk it doesn't feel right when I tap rapidly (or at least it for me it doesn't feel right. Jb stock keyboard is really good in my opinion but I love SwiftKey, just needs better themes.
[HTC EVO 3D] z50king:
Sense is boring. I liked sense until I got adw ex. I make it what I want it to be. But I like the background features that sense brings though.
[HTC EVO 3D] xiton:
I'm in the minority here, but I've yet to try an AOSP ROM on this device that's even remotely as fast/snappy as a good Sense ROM. I don't know if people automatically assume that Sense is bloated so it has to be slow, or if the lack of free RAM gives them the same idea, but there's just no comparison for me.

Perhaps it's because this phone is impossible to code for due to some proprietary hardware, but as much as I want to run AOSP on this phone, I just can't deal with how much slower it is.

Does anyone else feel the way I do?
[HTC EVO 3D] Astrikz:
Not even close..

I been running cm9 since HTC source was released and agrabren fixed all the issues. I can tell you I feel aosp run faster and be more responsive. Unlike sense it took longer for things to settle .

I never like sense. 3.0 was okay 3.6 is ugly. Only sense I like is 4.0 which they did a great job with.

I just have always preferred aosp since day one. Now I don't think I can ever go back to a sense rom. Unless... someone gete 3d on sense 4.0/1
[HTC EVO 3D] z50king:
SwiftKey will let you make the arrows always present in the settings. It's memory and prediction is far superior to anything else. But we can't get into the memory yet, yet they say.

I don't use the arrows thay often and they take up too much space.

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Does sense 3.6 and 4 still do the carousel of death on fast swype of home screen? That was the stupidest thing ever
[HTC EVO 3D] umataro:
Hmm... Next time I'll add something like "i'm talking about folders in application drawer" to my post so that people would know I'm not talking about home screen folders.

oh wait... I already tried that. :silly:
[HTC EVO 3D] harshil102:
aosp just feels so much lighter and faster. Google designs their apps and developer tools primarily around their own operating system, not HTC's so overall, the interface is much more fluid, looks much better and, is actually consistent with aosp roms versus with sense
[HTC EVO 3D] Milestone:enotseliM:
I bought the Evo 3D back in january because I got it cheap.

First I really loved Sense but later on, aftre I got my Nexus 7, wanted the clean AOSP look.

Is it just me or is Sense slow as hell?! My old Milestone running AOSP Gingerbread seamed sanppier...
[HTC EVO 3D] ramjet73:
Sense 4.x is faster and smoother on the Evo 3D, and the hardware is getting faster, so it may not be any issue with future HTC phones.

ramjet73
[HTC EVO 3D] EM|NEM:
People need to try Viper3D even if for a day, just to see how good it actually is :D

sure some people get bored of sense after a time but its still worth trying out. I just keep switching between cm10 and sense 4.1... just cant stay on one for more than a few days.. guess i'm a flashaholic now :eek:
[HTC EVO 3D] Milestone:enotseliM:
I can recommend Viper3D aswell.

Best ROM I found yet.

I use it for evreyday life and it simply is AWESOME!!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] Pawnty:
Only reason I bought the EVO3D is cause it was the best phone hardware-wise I could find for $250 at the time I bought it (from ebay). I have no love for HTC, no love for the hideous sense UI and I could not care less about the 3D. Just a gimmick that, as HTC found out, nobody really cared for. If my X10 would have held out until September 2013 I wouldn't have bought the EVO3D but X10 was so sluggish it was a chore to send a text message and no amount of wiping, flashing or rom changing would fix it :(

I currently run DisarmedToaster (Agrabrens JB rom) which has it's share of issues but is coming together nicely.

My two cents.
[HTC EVO 3D] cjdalessio:
Sense widgets are nice enough, but all the crap it has to kid for no good reason... not my thing.

That said, I got to choose between the evo3d and the Motorola of the time and I can NOT handle pentile screens... so evo it was. Only two modern phones back when I switched out my Hero. At the time the dev community was looking really strong too, a definite plus.

These days phones are all too big or fruity. And too many non-HTC devices are pentile. Maybe the higher pixel density will make them tolerable but I'm not holding my breath.
[HTC EVO 3D] Hedied4me:
The absolutely only reason I like sense is because its the only way to get genuine beats for our phone. Other than that its a sluggish resource hog.
[HTC EVO 3D] posedatull:
I can't really choose... I like sense and the beats options, but it does lower my performances... on the other hand, I really like the AOSP lockscreen and style... I usually try to combine them to get what I like
[HTC EVO 3D] CiDhed:
I'll never understand why this gimmick is so popular. Why don't you use an eq since there obviously isn't special hardware in the phone for beats?
[HTC EVO 3D] Hedied4me:
You have your opinion and I have mine. Beats makes my car bump like crazy....with clean sounding bass...not muffled. I tried all the other wannabees and nothing comes close. Hows that hard to understand?

Edit: Why would HTC pay $300 million for a 51% share in Beats by Dre for just a "gimmick"?
[HTC EVO 3D] Scotty_Two:
For the same reason that Apple coined the term "retina display." Even though a retina display is nothing more than a high resolution display, people think it's special. When shopping for a computer or monitor or phone, they can ask "Does it have a retina display?" And even though someone can try to tell them that all that term means is a high resolution display to the point of not being able to distinguish individual pixels, people will still think that it's an Apple specific feature.

"This phone has Beats by Dre." Again, nothing special, just a way of equalizing the audio levels, people will think that it's an HTC specific feature and thus bring in more revenue for HTC. Which is what it all comes down to; they spent money to make more money. And a great purchase it was at that, because they don't have to include any extra hardware to label it "Beats" and yet it is an extra feature.
[HTC EVO 3D] coal686:
I agree with you about the marketing part, but phones with Beats also have better audio drivers in the kernel for the hardware. Kernels with the upgraded audio drivers do sound better with Beats enabled ROMs than the same Rom with the stock kernel.
[HTC EVO 3D] CiDhed:
Yeah... I've always used an oscilloscope to tune my stereos. I don't want any equalization from my source. Your car shouldn't need beats to bump.

It's a gimmick, especially since our phones didn't come with it and with a few software changes we magically have it. If it wasn't a gimmick the phones that have it would have better hardware.
[HTC EVO 3D] z50king:
Beats is nothing
[HTC EVO 3D] flashallthetime:
Ok I was using cm10 for a week, nice rom but unfortunately data and Wifi issues galore, so back to viper3d

:D

( Don't ask me for help, as I couldn't care if your phone explodes, eh!!!)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve1time:
hi my nexus7 seems to lag on evry app i try even the home screen lags when i swipe across them im thinking of rooting and putting ics custom rom is this a good idea? Even my old iphone 3 gs seems smoother. I was expecting jellybean's project butter to be a little bit better than this.butter it seems more like peanut butter to be honest. Is there anything i can do to make it not lag?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CHollman82:
Mine's perfectly smooth... probably a third party app doing something to it, try doing a factory reset
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidRunner:
You are doing something wrong

Sent with my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisrita:
Look in the thread called "the LAG thread'. Check your storage, if it is nearly full, you need to do a factory reset and not let it get so full again. This apparent software bug hit my otherwise perfect Nexus 7, and the factory reset solved it. It's smooth as butter again.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve1time:
Can you expand on what I may be doing wrong?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steve1time:
Nope that can't be it. It was like it from the box and there's still nothing on my nexus can it be a defect? I've just checked and my CPU is at 100% all the time and all that's running is stock processes. I can post a screen shot if it can be of help. Also I've updated to 4.1.2 and followed the advice of running the forever gone app and deleted every item from SD card. It still lags.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erica_renee:
I would try flashing it with a complete stock 4.1.2 rom from google . Maybe the original flash was bad from the factory... if you do that and its still lags send it back RMA ...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynrozturk:
One thing that made my N7 lag the second day after I got was the damn "My Library" widget on the home screen. I got rid of it and now it's silky smooth. I also don't clutter it with a lot of widgets or anything.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kisrita:
That doesn't sounds normal. I would exchange it for a new one.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGoD:
You people sure are fast with the "flash again"and the "factory resets" (-;

Install OS manager from the market and look what's using your CPU that much.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
go into the devices main settings, developer options.. first try enabling force gpu rendering. secondly, try disabling the animations(or try turning them to .5).
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesst20:
Give a try to my ROM ;) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=33104070
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vertron:
There's nothing wrong with your device hardware wise. Whatever is causing your processor to run at 100% is creating the lag.

Like others have said, find what app is causing at and let us know. It might just be the media scanner.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dillym34:
I will no longer be able to update my themes and mods that I have posted in this forum, school and kids are just becoming too much. If anyone would like to take over any of my themes or threads and keep updating them. please send me a PM. I will be glad to help anyone who does want to take them over and update them to the new roms that come out. Thanks for all the support and downloads

thanks Dillym34
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GreggoryD502:
Thank you good sir for your wonderful work here!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dnsmo:
I would like to say thank you for all your hard work. Hope all is well for you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] beyako:
Well done my good friend let this be just a see you, and not a good bye

Sent From My Galaxia with JB
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hiimwill:
Thanks for your hard work!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] milt006:
Say it ain't so.... I've enjoyed your work sir. I wish I knew how to theme because I would love to pick it up. However, I hope someone with your level of creativity does. Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ptmr3:
It gets hard to juggle and real life has to come first. You are very talented and appreciated bro. Stay well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Óðinsdagr:
Best of luck with everything, all the work is and was appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OyesIM4U2NV:
Thanks for making every rom i flashed look good see ya around ill keep an eye out for ya
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Justananomaly:
I got kids too, take all the time you need man, and raise them to be free thinkers like you. The world needs more Dillym34s.

Thanks for everything!
[Galaxy Note II General] rockinandroid:
Ok, Here we go....I am very new at this and never did a kernel flash so excuse my ignorance...have flashed roms...soraum...and now using blackstar vII rom and love it...but i heard alot about this hydracore kernel and wanted to know if i could flash it on the blackstar verison 7 rom...i already have this rom installed....

So question...i want to know how to flash this hyracore kernel 5.4 on my galaxy note sgh-i717 at&t...

FYI..I download hydracore kernel 5.4 OC zip the other day and tried to install through cmw and it literally bricked my galaxy note...I mean their was nothing...no power....nothing....wouldnt turn on anything.....luckly i was under warrenty and got a replacement so i am up and running...on a new galaxy note 2 sgh-i717 att with blackrain version 7 rom and everything is good....

SO how to install kernel and what did i do wrong that literally shut down my note or bricked it......
[Galaxy Note II General] avetny:
lol
[Galaxy Note II General] sumeshd:
This is note 2 thread..

U r in wrong thread
[Galaxy Note II General] Clark Joseph Kent:
OP since you have finally found the correct forum to post in>>> i717 at&t. This Thread is now longer needed, Thank You.

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Delia365:
Hello, I'm using a HTC HD2 with ICS and was running low on internal memory. With Titanium backup i attempted to convert Trebuchet 0.1 to a user app and move it to SD card. Now when i switch the phone on it just hangs on the startup animation. I can't access anything, although it can still receive calls. How would I restore it factory default?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Markuzy:
Please tell me you have a spare launcher installed...

Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killchain:
I suppose that if you have forgot USB debugging checked, then you can try to install another launcher via ADB.
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
Okay I had post before about my tab and I had great help but I couldn't get it to work now it's stuck in apx mode because of a theme for v8 bootloader that I had mistakenly flashed instead of a rom. So every time I turn on my device it shows the new image for the bootlader but gives the message "flashing bootloader....update failed" then goes into apx mode. So with some research and trying out a few things I figure that my partitions are messed .
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
use tdv4 to reset partitions links in cpuid guide in my sig

btw, is fastboot available??

which method did u use to flash originally, have u tried it again?

does yr pc recognise the tab in apx mode - is an apx device listed???
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
Fastboot not available used to be no is not

My device has been fastboot clean wiped completely like 50 time and I had boot loader but it wouldn't go past the bootlader after I flashed this v8 custom bootloader image zombie rock from civato it had issue when I had restarted it and the rest is in the top.

Pc recognize it as a apx device but not apxflash manger or a500 manger it don't show up but before the download it did
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
did u run tdv4??
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
I had downloaded that already and I don't really understand how to use it

:confused:
[Acer Iconia A500] twistedknickers:
I used tdv.4 it took longer than it said in the post ,5 mins, (16 mins) to run the detecting current image part but it got there and now its working great.

If you like i could walk you through it. Just pm me

:cool:
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
I have use tdv4 but my tab keep showing as undetected and I follow the directions over and over but once the update starts my tab goes into "entering acer download mode" so It keeps going undetected after I just unplug the USB then plug it back in then it goes to the next screen.But after that on the update screen the most the green bar goes to is till the end of the word upgrade and stays there for a long period.

If necessary I can make a video showing step by step what I did ? but I don't see tdv4 working for this.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
do u mean the window that pops up saying ."cannot detect iconia tab"??

this is correct, at this point u put yr tab in manual apx mode THEN you connect yr micro USB cable up to yr PC and continue the flash
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
I did that and it keeps giving me errors so instead of turning off device because at this point it says acer on it with entering acer download mode in the top left corner I just unplug it then plug it in again then after that no error and the green bar moves but the bar for hour don't go passed the word update.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
I'm a wee bit confused here....

does it give u an error or does it just get stuck on the green status bar?

i think that with u unplugging usb WHILE the tab is in download mode maybe disrupting the flash....

being stuck in apx mode isn't easy to repair, u just have to keepmtrying, good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] MODFAST:
Ok every time I connect to the program it at the screen before the update where u put cpuid after I click next you see update screen then it goes back to say that they cant recognize the tab and then I have to unplug the tab then re plug it instead for putting it in apx mode again beacuse it just kees me doing th same process over I just take out the usb then re plug it then update starts the bar goes 20 percent then stops for hours .[IIIIII______________] and that's all that happens.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grafwasserrutsche:
Hi everyone.

I just wanted to ask if somebody knows a way to wake the phone (display) just with the home button? My display is often turned on by the power button unintentionally because i always cary my phone in my pocket. The home button on the other hand is well protected by the samsung flipcover i'm using. so, if there is a way, than i could save a lot of screen-on-time and therefore battery.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] zodiac12345:
Hello all, I know that there are many themes for the MoPho Q, such as skins and whatnot. However, I want to know the actual data connection I have, whether it is 1x or 3G, and not have to deal with going into settings to find out which I am connected to when I'm at the edge of the signal.

So, is there any way to get the 1x icon to display?
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] FalconVFR:
anyone have any ideas? i'd love to get this working as well...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] PythonFanTN:
3rd-ed. Would loved to have had the ability to easily see that in the notification bar on my trip over the weekend.
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] FalconVFR:
bump...
[Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE] fallnSaint:
I haven't gone through framework-res looking for this but SystemUI doesn't have any icons for 1x. There are several there for 3g & 4g, including the ones displayed in the status bar, guessing someone would have to figure out a mod to get this working or wait for a different rom.

-Saint