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[One (M7) General] H-Streety:
At first point I was really excited to see HTC One GE thinking that I'll definitely buy that version. But, I ended up buying Sense version of this phone and have to say that by using my brothers Nexus 4 and my Nexus 7 all the time, I love Sense 5.

The biggest problem for me with previous handsets, even One X was that Sense slowed down the whole device. I felt like it's stopping some of the great power which is hidden inside the gem so I kept rooting the phone straight away.

With One, I haven't thought about rooting it ever before. Sense 5 is very light, modern and fast. As a fan of Flipboard I am also loving blink feed.

So I guess Sense 5 wins for me but I it's only a matter of taste.
[One (M7) General] daddioj:
I went back to sense 5 its just that good! and theres nothing like the speed of Aosp on a dedicated nexus device. its just not the same on a non nexus device
[One (M7) General] cc999:
I did a comparison

Flashed the full GE rom and ran it for 3 solid days. I have to honestly say that

Sense is better. Here are my observations:

1 - Battery life - BOTH excellent

2 - Lag - Sense has less lag

3 - Sound - This one to me is very important. Listening to mp3's on the device

both with Beats Audio ON the Sense rom has MUCH BETTER sound. Everything sounds

richer, more bass just sounds great. On the GE rom the sound was tinny. no comparison.

4 - Remote is back - controlling my complete home theatre.

5 - Email system on Sense is better for my corporate account

6 - Call quality - Again MUCH better on the Sense rom. Louder and clearer. Had calls fade in and out as reported on this and other threads with

the GE rom.

7 - Video recording - NO comparison - Sense is MUCH BETTER

8 - Camera - Again Zoe and the Sense enhancements - No comparison the Sense is better

9 - LTE speeds on the Sense rom blew away the GE rom, same exact location yielded almost 50% increase

in speed on ATT using speedtest.net.

I am glad I did the trial so I would not wonder how the GE rom would perform.

I did manage to get my 64 gb. Developer Edition back to Stock. I am S-off, unlocked, and super CID. I am a happy camper.

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[One (M7) General] capathy21:
If I didn't already have the ATT version I would probably opt for the GE version. I have been running the GE ROM since the first one was cooked up the day after the GPe's went on sale. I just love the look and feel of it, and there isn't anything I really miss about SENSE. I will tell you that Sense 5 is by far and away the best manufacturer skin/overlay I have ever used. It is light and fluent and it's much better to look at than TOUCHWIZ. The post above me stated many compelling reasons to stick with Sense, but for me personally I am happy on the GE ROM. I was perfectly happy before the GE version was even announced and I could be just as happy running Sense 5 permanently.
[One (M7) General] andybfmv96:
I noticed that anyone that already has seen the nexus experience, is kinda happy to see the change and likes sense. Personally I am an example of it. Went from the n4 to this, and I didn't even feel the need to root this unroll like the 4th day of owning it. Usually I do it the first few hours.
[One (M7) General] seanicca:
I believe Paul over at mod@co is working on a switch which allows users to have both on the phone at the same time and then just switch between the 2, so basically best of both worlds
[One (M7) General] MSigler:
Google edition for me. I actually ordered one, but when I saw how long it would take to get it, and since I had an upgrade, I just cancelled, ordered one from ATT, and flashed the google edition rom.

I just like vanilla a lot more than any skin.
[One (M7) General] vash1053:
Sense sucks. I despise it. But too many of this phone's features rely on it. So I continue to use it.
[One (M7) General] I Am Marino:
For the first time, I actually like using a OEM skin, Sense 5 is great, I'm probably flashing a new ROM every day since I can't decide.
[One (M7) General] ericiidx:
I switched over to the GE ROM. Having used Cyanogenmod for the past two years or so, I've grown accustomed to vanilla Android, and much prefer its aesthetics and familiarity (even if it's missing the CM tweaks.) As far as Sense goes, I did not find myself fully exploiting it while I used it; some features not even being used once (Blinkfeed, highlights.) Using Zoe felt foreign to me. Other aspects of the UI felt too busy for me. Didn't like the white menus and the font. Aside from this, I liked Sense as much as the next person. I liked the way the camera app was setup, and preferred the stock web browser over Chrome.

In my experience so far, the GE ROM performs just a touch better if, for any reason, its better app integration. For example, Poweramp's lock screen overlay would sometimes not show up on Sense, and a number of one-button headsets wouldn't properly control the app. Both of these features are fully operational on the GE ROM. Another example; Chrome performs noticeably better on the GE ROM (smoother scrolling, on par with the stock Sense browser.)

On the downside, I do not care for the GE camera at all -- especially its UI. It performs up to snuff, but seems to lose its footing in extremely low light situations, unlike the Sense camera. The GE camera opts for flash much more often, as well.

Finally, I should add that I get better battery life on the GE ROM.

At the end of the day, for a device I typically interact with for 45 seconds at a time, I'd rather be using the GE ROM over Sense. I really think a lot of it just comes down to the familiarity.
[One (M7) General] sakun-ice:
i prefer sense style and apps, google edition look very poor. :S
[One (M7) General] elementur:
I'm glad someone started a thread like this. :)

I've always hated Sense (since the Windows Mobile days!). Every time I bought a new HTC the first thing I did was see if a AOSP rom was available for it. I just didn't like how ugly the UI was and how sluggish it made the phone feel. AOSP just seemed simpler, faster, and cleaner. Minimalism is my thing.

When I got the HTC One the first thing I did was change the launcher and tried to get the UI to look as close to AOSP as possible. I didn't even give Blinkfeed a chance. In my head it was gonna be just like the other bloated crap HTC put on their phones. The camera was nice and took decent pictures. I didn't care too much about Zoe's mostly because I just didn't see the hype surrounding it, but maybe I'm using wrong lol. The speakers are awesome.

Then the GE ROMs came into play. I was so excited I could barely contain myself. I flashed the GE ROM and instantly loved it. I had it for about a week or two. I then started to miss the camera from Sense, and the audio, and the power saver feature, and the gallery. I loved the GE ROM and it's minimalism, but I felt that my phone wasn't being used to its full potential. So, I gave myself a challenge. I was going to flash back to a Sense ROM for a week and use it as HTC had intended. Well, a week had gone by and I still have a Sense ROM. I actually love it! Blinkfeed is very handy. All of the HTC apps are actually really useful. I find myself using my phone a lot more now. I think I'm just gonna stick with Sense for a while.
[One (M7) General] ubnub82:
I'm using the GE ROM right now but once I saw there was an Android Revolution ROM I instantly downloaded it and made a backup of GE. I've been on a Nexus S for a while and I'm starting to get bored of the AOSP look and feel. At least until the new version is out.
[One (M7) General] WhatsAUsername:
I prefer Sense, but I just wish some things were done differently, especially on the UI front. For example, I wish that the dock on the homescreens was the same as the one in the lock screen, instead of having that hideous black background. Also, they need to better optimize it for high pixel density screens; everything looks too big, especially the menu bar! Speaking of menu bar, why did they change the notification shade to fully black, instead of the see through AOSP one? I definitely prefer the AOSP gallery app and its better Picasa/G+ integration, so I'm running stock Sense, with the AOSP camera/gallery app apk installed, so I can choose whichever one I want :) I love Sense music player, especially the karaoke mode! Overall, is say that Sense I'd better for me, especially UI issues aside, I can't think of anything that AOSP does better.
[One (M7) General] Justiceboy:
I love HTC Sense5 more than Google Edition, because the BlinkFeed is very friendly for me,

it can show me lots of information in the same time.
[One (M7) General] eallan:
Went from sense to GP edition with logo as recent apps. Its just absolutely no contestb I don't miss a single thing.
[One (M7) General] jwtrockz1998:
I brought the sense version and used that for a while and didn't mind it, but last weekend I did the conversion to the Google Edition and it's great, I do miss the highlights and blinkfeed, but I have been using flipboard which is much better than blinkfeed and the google look feels less heavy than the sense rom lol if you know what I mean. Most people don't like the google camera app but funny enough I actually like it lol.
[One (M7) General] jwtrockz1998:
lol
[One (M7) General] Wicked4u2c:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22DInQuPll0
[One (M7) General] EclipzeRemix:
this is pretty much how I feel
[One (M7) General] voyager_s:
Well to be honest I like sense 5 and have not tried to get rid of it yet. Been almost 2 weeks since I had the phone now.

It is a good skin. Very light and fast. BlinkFeed is also a good thing that's grown on me gradually.

I should mention that I also really like AOSP stock android. I've had the nexus s, still got the galaxy nexus and nexus 7. Been using stock for years now it seems. No big complaints about it. It's fast, beautiful and good. But it's nice to have something slightly different as well.

Sense 5 is good. I will continue to use it for a number of reasons. 1 I don't feel any need to root. Performance is not an issue anymore with these powerhouses of devices. 2 sky go. Yep, I need it and it does not work on rooted devices. 3 I've got stock android already on the nexus 7 and galaxy nexus, so I get the best of both.
[One (M7) General] blackroseMD1:
I ran Sense 5 for the longest time, even after flashing AOKP and Slim. I love it. It's light and freaking fast.

That said...right now I'm on a Google Edition ROM. I have the Sense camera installed, and some of the Sense framework is still underneath, so it seems to be optimized better than CM/AOKP/Slim. If the GE devs can get some of the tweaks from AOKP etc working (especially customizable quick toggles), then Google Edition is the way to go in my eyes.
[One (M7) General] Turb0wned:
How are you running stock android with sense camera?
[One (M7) General] biffsmash:
Sense is the best Android skin and experience of any android phone. Google Edition lacks so much it hurts. Stock android is ugly, featureless and boring.
[One (M7) General] Simba501:
Google Edition is not true/pure AOSP. Someone ported the Sense camera; it's in Themes & Apps.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] :
I came from LG Nexus 4 and I like Sense 5. Pure Android is sometimes irritating, maybe 4.3 will be better.
[One (M7) General] The Project:
GE is cleaner...simple as that.
[One (M7) General] Absolut`:
I definitely prefer the stock feel of GE over Sense. Sense 5 just feels boggled down compared to GE. And no, Sense 5 is not snappier than GE. GE brings a pure Android experience. Everything feels fast, the UI, the apps, etc. Theres a reason you don't use the majority of the sense widgets, they're useless. A lot of people use custom launchers anyway, myself Nova. I have yet to experience microstutter on my full GPe conversion HTC One. Don't get me wrong, Sense 5 featureset is nice, I just like the snappiness of GE much more. :good:
[One (M7) General] rasstar:
The great thing about this phone is that it can easily be changed to the developer edition by flashign the ruu and changing the mid. I prefer the sense rom because it has improved features. GE is really barebone. Things like HTC backup which is a hell of a lot better than what Google has to offer. The dialer on sense is much better than Google, facebook picture sync, better camera software etc etc. The battery life is also better with sense. The GE battery does not last that long.
[One (M7) General] cvseuy:
An HTC One without Sense is not an HTC One IMO. Running AOSP is fine but I feel like I'm wasting money since I'm not utilizing my device to the full potential.
[One (M7) General] eallan:
What does that even mean? There is literally nothing you can do in sense that you can't so in vanilla/GPe android.
[One (M7) General] cvseuy:
It just doesn't feel optimized to me, since the AOSP doesn't have the fully optimized drivers and stuff. You can find apps and tweaks to to what there is in sense. It just doesn't feel right to me, but it can be fine to you if you like it.
[One (M7) General] gunnyman:
That's the beauty of Google edition, it is authorized, sanctioned and complete with drivers from the OEM.
[One (M7) General] mctreklife:
I've tried to go without Sense a few times. It just feels right on this phone. When I'm using GE, there are a few elements and comforts that are missing.
[One (M7) General] rasstar:
That's not true. Google edition cannot sync your contacts facebook pictures. You can buy haxsync but that gives low resolution pictures. Htc backup is superior to Google backup. The phone dialer on sense has the ability to dial by name, number etc. There are lots of refinements in sense to make the experience better. I honestly I think the best rom is the HTC developer ROM.
[One (M7) General] eallan:
True on the Facebook thing. The less Facebook in my phone, the better. As for the dialer, there are plenty on the market. HTC backup is good only for HTC devices, what if you change brands? Will it even work in the future?
[One (M7) General] rasstar:
Zoe is another feature that I just used last night. I am really impressed with it. I tried some of the dialer apps in the store when I used the nexus 4. They have ads and aren't that good looking. The HTC one dialer is nicely done and I prefer stuff like that to be made by the OEM and not have to rely on some of the crap that other people make. I love Facebook pic sync. The quality of the pics are really high unlike haxsync where I got some ugly low resolution pics. It was a waste of money.
[One (M7) General] KonstiDee:
I love the IR Remote feature and the Camera of the Sense Roms, so prefering Sense over GE. :D
[One (M7) General] xdracco:
Tried GE but it didn't make the cut. Back on sense based rom, this time, i cooked my own rom since i couldn't find myself a suitable rom for my tastes.
[One (M7) General] .vermilion:
I really love pure android but I love Sense 5+, too. I'd always prefer pure over Sense 1.9-3, but new version on HTC One is very clean and not that colorful as in early versions.

But I can't understand that people have to effort the same amount of money for both versions. In the Google version there aren't all those HTC features and no special UI so it has to be less expensive in my opinion...

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] CiDhed:
I hate the how the settings are arranged and the app picker in sense. It's not visually pleasing to me. Those features mean nothing to me if I think the UI is ugly.
[One (M7) General] sudkcoce:
To each his own. That's why we have both editions. It's useless to argue about it.

I love sense, btw ;)
[One (M7) General] diegodbm:
How did you do that... I'm trying and trying, but nothing...

Enviado desde mi HTC One usando Tapatalk 4 Beta
[One (M7) General] yasha.sinitski:
I went ahead and tried the GE ROM for the One, with a friends recommendation. He loved it, I loved it on my Nexus 4. But for the One... Sense is best.

For me, the killer feature is Blinkfeed. I love it.
[One (M7) General] XxCE0xX:
Yup
[One (M7) General] cc999:
?

Trying to do what? To get back to stock goto the HTC site and d/l the RUU file and run it.

http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads

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[One (M7) General] FangorX:
I just don't see why so many people like the Google Edition. IMO stock android is better than the OEM-modified ROM on most phones(Samsung...), but not on Sense 5 devices.

The GE ROM doesn't do anything that Sense ROMs can't do. However, there are many features in Sense that do not come with the Google Edition, as others have mentioned. Just the TV app alone is enough to keep me on Sense, as I use it daily and love the UI. I can already remove/disable any bloatware I don't want on Sense, so why would I remove features I do want by flashing GE?
[One (M7) General] bbedward:
I don't see why so many people like Sense...

Do I care? No.
[One (M7) General] rican408:
I love the stock interface so much better. The only 2 things sense has is the ir blaster and the camera. (Not the zoe part. I don't understand why people like that)
[One (M7) General] rasstar:
I like Zoe. The camera has some other really nice features.
[One (M7) General] ingenious247:
Coming from the Nexus 4 and owning the Nexus 7, and years of messing with CM, I am very familiar with Vanilla Android. It's great - I do like it. But Sense 5 on the HTC One blows stock Android away, no contest. More responsive, better features (Zoe, Blinkfeed, Beats) and the battery life I am getting is phenomenal.

I won't be rooting this phone. Instead of spending hours and hours (days and weeks lol) trying to flash my phone into something I like, now I just use my phone and I have never had a better Android experience.

I feel bad for HTC since they are doing poorly, because boy could they teach Samsung a thing or two about custom skins.. I mean the fluidity and features of Sense is unmatched IMO. To each their own though
[One (M7) General] Goozy:
I converted my phone to the GE but after two days I reverted back to Sense. I understand why people used to hate Sense in the old days (I hated it on my Desire z) but v5 looks really nice. Plus the lag and bloat of the old days is not really an issue anymore.

Also, the UI for stock android has looked the same since ICS was released two years ago so I'm kind of tired of it (especially after running CM for so long). I have a half dozen launchers that I play around with but sense 5 just feels the best (until I get bored of it). The only thing I don't like is how limited blink feed is. It would be nice to add your own rss feeds and move the home screen position.

I might switch back to GE for a bit to try out 4.3 but honestly HTC has done a great job with Sense 5...
[One (M7) General] evo21:
Totally agree with you.

My only gripe with Sense was the memory consumption (had a Sensation before) but with 2GB that's a non-issue. I will certainly continue using Sense unless they take too long to update it to KLP.
[One (M7) General] FangorX:
Lol at least I added something to the discussion... This comment was useless. Why not say why you don't like Sense?
[One (M7) General] bbedward:
I just wanted to be a d*** :angel: I don't have any problem with sense, but I think the discussion of why either one is better isn't very critical :cool:
[One (M7) General] FangorX:
Yeah I do that sometimes...

Really, neither is better, because it's all about personal preference. I'm sure a lot of people don't care about the features that I like in Sense. Its as pointless as the iPhone vs Android argument...
[One (M7) General] luosuja:
I like Zoe as well, and that is the one reason to stick with Sense. However, I've been using Nova Prime and recently moved to Apex Launcher, I don't know if there would be any difference if I used GE or Sense. Well, I do like AOSP lock screen somehow better, but with sense lock screen I can get spotify & poweramp controls visible only when I play music.
[One (M7) General] Qassim:
Google Edition. Sense 5 is an ugly mess.
[One (M7) General] nathan57971:
I hated sense.. They throw the weather in your face everywhere u look (lock screen,home screen,app drawer) then the issue of your fb picture feed in the gallery.. Worst feature ever! Never ever used blink feed.. I didn't bother wasting my time..and an app drawer with vertical scrolling? It's like going back to gingerbread
[One (M7) General] godutch:
an app drawer with horizontal scrolling is like going back to an iphone, it quite uncomfortable in my thumb and hard to watch, it causes nystagmus
[One (M7) General] ingenious247:
Yep, vertical scrolling is the way to go for me.
[One (M7) General] lupin_iii:
I like the Sense ROM.

I have a Nexus 7 on Stock AOSP (rooted). My previous phone was a Galaxy SII, which had Touchwiz on Gingerbread. When ICS came out, the Touchwiz version was so bloated and made my phone so lag so much, I had to find a solution. CM9 was it. I loved CM9 (which is just AOSP but tweaked to add a few, very useful features and with some bloat removed). I eventually made it all the way to CM10.1. I swear I was not going to deal with anything other than an AOSP type rom ever! When I got my HTC ONE, before even opening the box, I made up my mind that I was gonna slap CM10.1 on it. However, because CM10.1 was still very beta at the time, I decided to wait a bit. As I waited, I found myself not hating Sense 5.0. It was clean (not ugly like Touchwiz). I don't love blinkfeed, but I don't hate it either, and I like it more than flipboard. I love my camera features. And of course, it runs like a champ! NO LAG AT ALL. Losing my camera features would be unacceptable. Plus, after looking at my Nexus 7 and my CM10.1 GSII for a while now, I like the change in visual style Sense provides.

My only three gripes, and these are tiny.

I wish I could infinite scoll on my start screens and drawer

I wish I could horizontal scroll my drawer

(sure using a different launcher would enable this, but then i'd lose blinkfeed)

I wish I could use the Productivity Lockscreen AND change my lockscreen background.

These things are pretty minor. I'm quite happy with the look and feel of Sense.
[One (M7) General] theotrman:
I love SENSE 5! IMO, SENSE is intuitive and associates better with apps, where GE falls a little short at least on this phone. No mojo, you know.. :D

Sent from my (M7WLS) HTC ONE.
[One (M7) General] bwhinnen:
I'm completely new to Android coming from iOS for the last 4 - 5 years so my impressions between Sense 5 and vanilla Android may be a little different to those that have been using Android for the last few years.

I like the horizontal scrolling in the app drawer as it gives more flow between the home screens and the app drawer, you are not changing from horizontal to vertical. Obviously it also gives me some familiarity being such a recent convert from iOS.

I disliked Blinkfeed immensely, I'm not a huge social network person and don't like it thrown in my face. Yes I know I can relegate it to an unused home screen, but I lose a home screen and it must always be running.

Personally I wanted to experience the vanilla Android over some one else's interpretation, thankfully Sense is more intuitive and closer to that than Touchwiz! But my primary reason for buying a HTC One was to be able to convert to a Google Play Edition and get that experience, if I didn't like it I could always move back to Sense.

Overall I didn't think Sense was that bad, it ran fine, there were no major issues and in reality if you didn't like a standard HTC based app you just used a different one. I could personally use either, but enjoy the vanilla Android experience that the Google Play Edition gives me, its fun and after being able to make and receive calls and texts is what a phone is about for me.
[One (M7) General] For_itembine:
my nexus 4 seems smoother, the animations/transitions don't seem as smooth

and the ridiculous large icons in the app drawer and homescreens (minus the dock) wtf?
[One (M7) General] ingenious247:
You can change the app drawer to 4x5 grid size of you want the smaller appearance