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[HTC Droid DNA] tsnstuff:
Sense is fine and it runs fine on the DNA, it's not as intrusive as Touchwiz and it's not as simple as untouched Android. However that's exactly why I don't really like it. With my Nexus phone I get to experience the real android that I know and love. I get updates quick and I get to enjoy watching Android get better and better.

With my Samsung devices I know that I can't expect to get the latest from Google but I actually really like touchwiz for a lot of it's own things. Before the DNA I had the S III for a while and I loved certain functions like swiping with my palm to take a screenshot or putting the phone to my ear while texting someone to call that person. I loved being able to easily play a video on a corner while texting someone or just checking anything real quick. Touchwiz in my opinion manages to feel like a completely different experience.

With the Droid DNA, it feels like I'm just using a nicer looking version of original Android but without some of the nice things like swiping from my camera app to see the gallery right away and flick away pictures I didn't like. Not saying this is a bad thing, I'm sure plenty of people absolutely love that. Personally, i think it's lacking, but I still think the phone is amazing, I'll probably end up getting rid of my Nexus for a Note 2 and then adding some nice rom on this one to make it look Nexus...ish.
[HTC Droid DNA] Wired4Fun:
But by using a different launcher, you then lose Sense...

Sent from a Droid DNA using the xda app.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Yea. Yu lose the ui, which what i was sayin if yu dnt like it.... Still get the other sense stuff.
[HTC Droid DNA] Wired4Fun:
???

What other Sense stuff do you 'still get'? Honest question. With any other launcher, I lost my keyboard, clock, weather, dialer, calculator, calendar, pretty much everything.... Am I missing something here?

Sent from a Droid DNA using the xda app.
[HTC Droid DNA] charlatan01:
You must be thinking of something else. If you replace the launcher, the only things you lose are the widgets that come with the stock launcher, such as clock / weather. Everything else is unchanged.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
This... I wish i lost keyboard. I like stock

"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
[HTC Droid DNA] Bigandrewgold:
Then install a stock keyboard, this isnt ios

What are you talking about, the only thing you loose is sense widgets
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
I personally love HTC Sense. However I have come to love the stock android experience.

Ive used sense from OG EVO, Evo LTE, and now DNA. Sense does some pretty cool things and its VERY polished. On the DNA there is no lag and thanks to the 2GB or ram i wouldnt worry at all about it. Ive never had a single issue with it. Its really organized and easy to find what you are looking for. I would say that its the most complete android OEM launcher. Icons are very polished same goes for apps and widgets. I really dont get why people dont like it... whats not to love about it? sure stock is wonderful but sense is just as good if not better.

Someone else mentioned multitasking windows. a side note to that... its only supported by a few samsung devices running crapwiz and its very under developed. Not even avail. to US devices (without root, please correct me if im wrong on this, i dont want to mislead anyone)

I would say Sense kinda ruined the rest of android launcher experiences due to the fact that Its just really that good. I dare you to give it a whole hearted run through and tell me that it just isnt all that... go ahead try it.
[HTC Droid DNA] Dri94:
Im goin to. I installd 4.2 gapps n fukd my fone so i had been cautious. Saw somone say kb work tho

It is availible to us devices. And soke multitasking is better than none. Also lgs take on it with the keyboard and watching a video is great

"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
[HTC Droid DNA] Wired4Fun:
When using Apex or Nova launchers:

Sense Calculator widgets are GONE.

Sense Calendar widget is GONE.

Sense Clocks widgets are GONE.

Sense Mail widgets are GONE.

Sense Messenger widgets are Gone.

Sense Music widgets are GONE.

Sense Notes Widgets are GONE.

Sense People Widgets are GONE.

Sense Photo Album Widgets are GONE.

Sense Power Dashboard Widgets are GONE.

Sense Tasks Widget is GONE.

Sense Stocks Widgets are GONE.

Keyboard and Dialer do remain the same.
[HTC Droid DNA] Cloudsnightmare:
All of which, are stock widgets as he stated. When you replace the sense ui, you lose all Sense widgets.
[HTC Droid DNA] Argumentation:
Those are just the widgets though, Sense is much more then the widgets. For example, you have all the great sharing options, the cool animations, lock screen widgets, and all the widgets you mentioned still have their apps you can open. So no, you don't lose sense just by switching launchers, you lose just the nice widgets, and you can find replacements for most of them in the play store. :good:
[HTC Droid DNA] another581:
The Sense seems like an alternative launcher, where as the Touchwiz makes itself seem like a different OS entirely, due to all the Touchwiz gimmicks integrated through out the system.
[HTC Droid DNA] xShin:
I honestly love the Sense UI. I've used it since my Incredible, and every custom ROM I've put on that and my Rezound has had Sense. I don't find that it negatively affects performance in any way, and (for me at least) it greatly enhances the user experience. I was helping my girlfriend set up her new Asus Transformer Tablet running stock 4.1 Jellybean, and also her mom's new SIII, and the lack of widgets and functionality from Sense that I've now taken for granted was seriously bothering me. Plus, Sense is pretty :)
[HTC Droid DNA] fernando sor:
I have to agree. I bought my stepdaughter a razr m and my opinion of moto went up a notch. It's at notch one.
[HTC Droid DNA] jiwengang:
Moto Skin definitely is much better than before. But Sense 4 is very good too.

I personally like those widgets and the speed Sense has. Hate touchwiz as it is very cartoonish and Android stock skin is cool only if you have complete control of every aspect of the phone. i.e. you have any place you want to access in anyway. If you are running locked stock , use Sense just give you a peaceful state of mind.

Sometimes, too many choices will let the Phone Uses You, not You Use the Phone.

Since I have GNex at home for development, I prefer to have an end-product like Sense skin on my daily phone.
[HTC Droid DNA] adrynalyne:
I love Sense, but there are some points of ridiculousness with it since I used Sense 3:

The overscroll that separates items is freaking stupid.

The lack of quick settings from puldown seems silly.

The lack of menu key options is dumb too.
[HTC Droid DNA] .torrented:
On sense 4 you had an option to set the recent apps button to a menu button and long press for recent apps :P

hopefully they will bring that to this device in the next update... if we get one
[HTC Droid DNA] Wired4Fun:
Not at all what he stated:

"you only lose clock / weather. Everything else is unchanged"

Sent from a Droid DNA using the xda app.
[HTC Droid DNA] jedge9:
This is my first HTC phone. I don't know if it's Sense or how freakin' crazy-fast the hardware is, but i love the user experience on this phone and plan to customize it far less than usual. There is one thing though...

Default sense is still a 4 x 4 grid of icons/widgets.

... i repeat: 4 x 4

... on a 5" screen

... no way to change it

... even the ifruit has 4 x 5 for pete's sake

I know there are widgets that let you fill in that space with more icons, but i've never gotten them to look right (especially vertically) and it's a kludge.

Unless you have horrible eyesight, replacing the launcher is practically a necessity if you want to really utilize this gorgeous screen. I do like the email and music widgets a lot in Sense and was sorry to see them go, but a 4 x 4 screen is just unusable to me... and ugly.

I installed ADW (it's worked great for years, why change?), found widgets on the play store, and am very :D
[HTC Droid DNA] Wired4Fun:
Exactly as I stated, widgets are gone. I know the apps are still there. All I'm getting at is that Sense is such a nice UI, its just too bad that someone at HTC didn't consider a tweak to modify the layout on such a large screen. That is the ONLY reason I've changed launchers. But the way I see it, is if I'm gonna use a different launcher, I can get a nearly identical experience on a Razr Maxx HD using the same launcher, but have a battery that lasts all day, and a 64gb SD card for all my media.

I'm slowly, and reluctantly, coming to the realization that the DNA is not for me.

Sent from a Droid DNA using the xda app.
[HTC Droid DNA] th0r615:
I'm a Stock UI fan. I've had a stock UI on every phone I've had. Nexus One, Thunderbolt (eventually), and my Galaxy Nexus of course.

I

HATED

Sense on my Thunderbolt, ughhh. However Sense 4+ on the DNA is pretty good for the most part. I've disabled many Sense apps and replaced my launcher and I'd say its 90% of where I'd want it to be. One thing I

HATE

, I mean reallllllly

loathe

, is how the fonts are so freaking big. This is a 5", 1080x1920, 440ppi phone... I don't need 90pt fonts HTC.
[HTC Droid DNA] flaring afro:
I like the looks of Sense and will miss their clock widget when I get the Note 2 (unless I decide that's too big in which case I'll exchange it for the DNA).

One thing that bugs me about Sense (and touchwiz) is for some reason they decided to take away the screen rotation from the home screen and app drawer etc. I usually used my Incredible landscape because otherwise I had to scroll left and right on webpages and the keyboard was too small in portrait. Now the Note 2 is a big device that's very comfy landscape and for me will be used with a lot of landscape apps, yet things will look sideways to me when switching in between.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibanezq:
Why benchmarks are low compare to other S4 Pro devices?

Wysyłane z mojego GT-P7300 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] siralsmooth:
What ROM/Kernel are you running and what are your benchmarks number wise? And what benchmark applications are you comparing from?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marco.lkt:
Scored 121xx on Antutu, how about S4 Pro devices??
[Motorola Droid RAZR] subliminal1284:
I recently got the original Razr Maxx a few days later I found out I could get the Razr HD for the same price. I know that the Razr HD Maxx is the best out of all the droid razrs however the budget does not allow for the extra $100. I would like some opinions on whether it would be worth it to exchange the Razr Maxx for the Razr HD. Im not really worried about the cpu power but does the razr hd have a noticeably better screen than the Maxx? Also does the original maxx get much better battery life than the Razr HD? Thanks
[Motorola Droid RAZR] psyhound:
I'd go for it! Screen on HD is much better than one on original RAZR, and 2500 mAh battery should give you enough juice for normal usage. Yes, 3300mAh is much better... Don't know for you, but I don't need that much power.

Here's what gsmarena has to say so it's on you to decide, nice HD screen or insane battery... ;)
[HTC One X+] vickilh2:
If GPS is off, as soon as I approach our cell tower, our location starts swinging between VA and NC (we're in NC). We've tested this, it doesn't happen with other cell towers.

At home with wireless, if GPS is off, location goes to VA. This did not happen at other wireless places.

There is nothing wrong with our local cell tower or our router at home. Our Galaxy phones have no trouble with location, neither does my Nexus 7. We checked the router, and location is fine.

Is anybody else having this flaky behavior? It seems like the phone somehow "learned" to associated our router and cell tower with a location 450 miles away. (I think the VA location is an AT&T facility.)

Thanks!
[HTC One X+] vickilh2:
Update: Exchanged my phone for a new one. Everything behaving perfectly until I got within range of our cell tower. I pulled over, turned off GPS, and Maps jumped to Chantilly, VA - 450 miles away! grrr.

I don't get this. I had been thinking that maybe google had associated our local cell tower & our wireless router with my phone's IMEI number? But this is a totally different phone.

At home with wireless & GPS turned on, location services (maps, weather) is mostly here in NC, but going occasionally to Chantilly, VA (perhaps when GPS is lagging).

Any ideas?
[HTC One X+] vickilh2:
Fixed?

Yesterday I thought I'd try driving around with the phone in Maps and keeping it awake the entire time, pinging the cell towers and GPS all the way home.

Lo and behold! For the first time, the phone kept my correct location, all the way home and into the house. And it's remained that way since then.

So maybe this exercise flushed the bad location data out of whatever database had it? Anyway, it's looking good but I'll report back after another few days.
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Hello there,

I'm slightly new to the forums, at least posting to them so if I'm in the wrong section or if I'm just not suppose to ask these questions... well... lend some expert advice and help me out!

I'm by no means an expert on rooting and flashing, pretty much every thing i have learned has been on my Optimus V, Nexus 7, and My latest device, HTC One V and i learned it all on these forums!

So my problem is... My HTC One V i have unlocked it and rooted it with a tool kit i found on here called "Hasoon2000's HTC One V All-In-One Kit" and all was well in the world. But now that i have rooted it I've grown bored with the device... after less than 24 hours of running stock rooted. And i've attempted to flash MIUI.us on my device as found on the developers website Now I've flashed many custom roms on my other devices, currently running Paranoid Android Beta 3 on my Nexus and Harmonia 2 (I believe) on my OV. But this phone has become quite the hassle. I'm running TWRP CDMA recovery and i Factory reset, wipe data, cache, dalvic (spelled correctly?) and it boots up to the MIUI boot logo then it goes to the usual Google start screen where you select language and set up your device... but... at that point it fails to do anything then boot loops back out and restarts the phone, and repeats... sometimes it won't even get out of the boot loop and it will just restart the phone... so i have used the RUU and reset the phone multiple times after this has occurred... If anyone could be of assistance or point me towards the correct forum it would be much appreciated!

I'm not totally sure what else could help anyone out there but it says S-OFF and i am unlocked and i have tried multiple roms and none of them have worked yet at all, the AOSP rom actually got to the home screen then restarted... this is getting quite frustrating and slightly irritating so if anyone could lend a helping hand I'd be much appreciative!
[HTC One V] robaho:
If you have a brand new phone it may have the ota already applied, which means none of the custom kernels will work, which means no JB roms.
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Okay but when i do the RUU or even initially it always gives me the option to do system update OTA once i turn it on the first time... and on all the different ROM threads it says you have to extract the "boot.img" and flash in fastbot... so i extract the rom onto the SD card then once i flash the rom I've tried rebooting to bootloader and on my computer with SDK tools running command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and that never works, i've tried flashing the jellyboot5 kernel i've tried many many options and bricked my phone about 20 times in the first 24 hours of owning my device... Black Friday purchased!

Sorry i'm still getting used to these devices... this is my first HTC and it's been... very much a learning experience but i really wanna try out some new roms on better phones than the OV
[HTC One V] master_c:
the last OTA broke the Radio (-> v.0928) firmware

Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...

Steps (on windoze):

1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)

2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.

3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name

4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip

5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot

6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.

7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Okay so I just wanna make sure i understand all this... I'm basically doing the same thing that the RUU does? What does the RUU do outside of this? and i tried what you said and it never notices it and now when i boot up my phone it has no service and doesn't connect to the network....
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Oh and when i type the fastboot oem lock command it gives me this

C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.271s

(Sorry for the awful format, I'm not used to actually taking part in a forum!) but regardless of the FAILED status it still says relocked... I'm not sure if that's a problem or not
[HTC One V] master_c:
You can ignore the error msg, I saw the same thing and the relock worked correctly. The RUU didn't flash the radio correctly when I ran the application, and I couldn't `fastboot flash radio` directly because of S-ON (or install the zip through TWRP), but when I copied the rom zip to PKIMG76 and installed it in hboot, I was able to flash the radio back to 0521_2, at which point I could run sick kernel and AOKP Jellybean without the bootloop (I originally documented it on this thread: tinyurl.com/cf2aq5n)
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Okay so if i put that pk76img.zip into my fastboot folder on my PC then run "fastboot flash pk76img.zip' will it do the same thing? most of my devices when i rooted them and flashed custom images It's never been this difficult and i've never had to actually use CMD which i'm enjoying learning these commands and stuff but it's starting to get on my nerves that i can't get it to work when i boot by phone up into Boot loader here's what is says

***UNLOCKED***
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.53.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0521_2
eMMC-boot
May 14 2012,20:27:38

I'm not sure if any of that will help at all.. but my Network is fine now but i really don't know what to do next... it says S-ON which i believe might be the problem but i AM rooted..
[HTC One V] master_c:
You wouldn't need to `fastboot flash...`; just copy the file to the root directory of your SD card, make sure it's named "PK76IMG.zip" (possibly case sensitive), and when you enter HBOOT it should say "searching for PK76IMG... blah blah" until it finds the file, at which point you'll see a blue progress bar, and it'll eventually ask you to confirm installation after it verifies the file(s).

All that said, it looks like you already have the correct version of RADIO, so I'm not sure this will help, but it's probably worth a try, unless you're flashing the wrong kernel for MIUI...
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Well I'm not really sure on the rules of forums... about posting links to other things like that... but i think my problem is a kernel issue... I have the JellyBoot5.zip... that everyone was talking about and even someone on that other forum you posted said something about it... but... maybe i'm just doing that wrong... do i go into TWRP recovery... flash the Jellyboot5.zip then reboot to bootloader, and on CMD run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (which i extract the boot.img from the jellyboot5.zip...) is that correct? I'm really trying to NOT be illiterate on these things but i'm at a total loss... i may just stick with root and stock if i can't figure this out soon.
[HTC One V] master_c:
I would try the v2.0.0 kernel (tinyurl.com/d8xknzb) ... I actually had a (different) bootloop problem after installing the jellyboot5.zip in TWRP, so maybe this kernel will do the trick.
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Okay so i wanna make sure i'm doing this right... I put that zip i just downloaded into my sd card on the root of the drive... then go into recovery... and flash it? do i wipe anything? anything at all? do i need to flash the boot.img? if i DON'T flash a custom rom right now also... will that mess up my phone since stock is running ICS?
[HTC One V] master_c:
It's a JB kernel so it probably won't work with an ICS rom, but I can't say I've tried it. And yeah, you need to flash the boot.img, and also install the zip in recovery, but you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you're just changing kernels (although there isn't much point unless you're installing a JB rom at the same time...)
[HTC One V] mkgarrod:
Well as soon as i get back to my house I'm going to try this out and try reflashing the MIUI rom which is JB i believe and hope it works! if not... I'll be using that RUU tool again... I think i've been on that more than i have my new phone!
[HTC One V] TeeJay3800:
Why did no one report this thread? Obviously I'll see it eventually, but come on guys/gals!

Moved to Q&A.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drawde40599:
Skake your phone is there a rattle ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d_phekt:
Yes. There are many posts about this.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drawde40599:
Cool thanks , didnt see any on first page , XDA needs do better job making keywords stand out ;)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidmakespwn:
" search" has its own block and you couldn't find that. :rolleyes:
[HTC One X] Vipin_C:
I updated to official JB and now on connecting to pc via usb it doesn't show the same notification window as ICS.

There is no option as Charge Only or Disk Drive..

Is this normal, how to allow disk drive access in this case.
[HTC One X] Vcek:
You can automatically access the phone storage on both sides (pc and from phone) at the same time. AKA mtp usb storage.

Sent from my EndeavorU
[HTC One X] anks257:
Even i have the same problem. Even if we are able to access the sd card from both sides, the sd card isnt being shown on the pc. I installed htc sync manager, but that just shows your media files, not your other data. Please help out fast!
[HTC One X] Guids:
Ums made place for mtp. You can mount your sd card in recovery

Verstuurd van mijn HTC One X met Tapatalk
[HTC One X] Vcek:
Check "my computer" for media devices, your one x should be there.

Sent from my EndeavorU
[HTC One X] Vipin_C:
Help!! Sync Manager Installation Error..

I was not having Sync Manager bfore hand so, when i connected my cell, Htc Syn Manager Setup started and downloaded a file of about 106.4 Mb, installer started and after a few steps it showed an error that a CheckandRemoveOldHTCDriver could not be found..:(

Any guesses whats wrong in this.. I m on 32 bit Win XP.

I m badly stuck, cant transfer any files.. No Disk Drive option appears on usb pc connection, so no access to transfer files.

:(
[HTC One X] HebeGuess:
Some taiwanese pioneers report that it requires something from windows media player 11 too. Make sure you have these two software installed.

Alternatively, you can use newer windows to obtain simplify this problem.
[HTC One X] Vipin_C:
I know about that.. When u connect the cell HTC Sync Manager Setup requires WMP 11 or above. I already hav 11.

Need some thing else, i have tried everything, I dont understand how can a Driver file b missing when i have run HTC Driver Installer and have downloaded the HSM setup file from HTC.com straight that too twice..

Initially the setup showed some other files missing like MS VC Redist 2005 etc, so i got them one after one then it stopped at this error...

All I wanted was to enjoy my JB but it a nightmare nw..:(