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[One (M8) General] thebobmannh:
Conversion to GPE also changes your partition sizes so you cannot go back to Sense without changing those back (Sense needs a larger system partition). There's really no reason to do a full GPE conversion unless you never want to tinker or go back to Sense.
[One (M8) General] boringalex:
If you want GPE than the conversion is ok. The smaller system partition isn't that bad. Soon enough you'll be able to use Multirom if you want to tinker with other roms.

I also like the GPE bootloader better (it has a few extra fastboot options).
[One (M8) General] MistaBishi:
As quickly as I said I would stay on Sense, I've ended up back on GPe..
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Yeah I can't make up my mind either, I like sense but then I ask myself do I want to set all that up just to RUU to Android L it a few weeks? I also found a great way to get battery save mode on GPE... Disable location :)
[One (M8) General] kingofthebraves:
What gpe Rom do you guys usually run? Sinless?

Is performance on aosp and cm still a step behind gpe or are they the same now?
[One (M8) General] MistaBishi:
Gonna stick with GPE until L is released with Sense. There are one or two features I miss from Sense (camera, power saver, ringtones), but I'll wait it out for L and see what its like.
[One (M8) General] Rouz.:
I just wish that they add some of the "Material Design" elements to their upcoming sense 6.5 update
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
I miss Gpe battery life easily 7he sot vs 5

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[One (M8) General] jshamlet:
I have CM11 on my old Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, and I love how clean and elegant the interface is. It really is a beautiful experience, and I am sorely tempted to switch over. However, I'm sticking with Sense on this phone for now. The camera is a big part of it - it sounds like a lot of the enhancements are lost if you switch to GPE or AOSP ROMs. I've actually started getting used to it, and it's not too bad since I disabled the Blinkfeed "feed" and tweaked the launcher.

I will say that I miss the "Privacy" control from CM11. Being able to disable wake locks and "keep awakes" without using third party apps was nice. It's just not worth what I would have to give up to migrate right now.
[One (M8) General] dxwilliams40:
I'm sticking with sense until "L" comes out. Then I will rock GPE until sense is updated. Gotta love this phone. My G3 has been bench
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
I was gonna stick with Gpe until L but WiFi calling is such a lifesaver
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
I'm very curious to see what Sense will look like with Android L.
[One (M8) General] jshamlet:
I'm curious to see how Android L's default encryption on will react with root tools, as well as how HTC will handle the transition. I'm definitely going to hang back a few weeks on that update.
[One (M8) General] md1008:
No matter what the perks of sense are it's pure google experience that I always go back to! I mean I know technically GPE isn't AOSP but honestly if you took a nexus 5 and a GPE one m8 hid everything but the screen I wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I only got the one m8 because of GPE. After Samsung lackluster support with Note 2 I swore I would never get an OEM...ironic considering I am considering the Note 4...it's the spen I tell you it's like crack
[One (M8) General] MistaBishi:
Back on Sense and staying here (wait, that's what I said last time?).

I think I've finally made up my mind and won't go back to GPE (unless I give in to L before it's Sense release).
[One (M8) General] notmilk:
GPE for sure. Tried Sense, its not as stable as GPE for me. and GPE gives me better battery life.
[One (M8) General] gull_s_777:
I also get around 5h on sense.

Just installed Sinless GPE, if it gives me 7h then i might stick to GPE.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
GPE will soon be updated to Lollipop. Any if you will convert from Sense to GPE just to get it earlier?
[One (M8) General] @rbiter:
I've played with lollipop on nexus 5. Will definitely be converting back.
[One (M8) General] Chad_Petree:
Well to start with sense 6 looks very material design like so I don't think HTC will change it their UI that much , I fear they we won't see much changed because HTC will probably wait until they release the one 2015 :( , maybe the will only implement the new notifications like LG did and call it a day :(

I would love to see HTC adopt the new lollipop on screen buttons ,the new multitasker , redesigned quick settings the new animations

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5
[One (M8) General] Nastrodamous:
Anybody know how long the m8 gpe has been out of stock?
[One (M8) General] gtg465x:
It's still in stock on Google Shopping Express. Crazy price though.
[One (M8) General] westonnate:
GPE slower speeds

On T-mobile, I am getting less "bars"(I know you can't compare really) and receiving calls and texts is a lot harder. I get dropped calls in my house. I have to resend texts often. Tmobile stock htc had wifi calling baked in which was pretty cool. I wish tmobile would release an app that would allow gpe to do this. I really just converted because I wanted to try Lollipop, but guess what? The release and rollout is postponed indeffinitely! agh. I do love stock android though, but HTC's skin is actually pretty fast. I get less stuttering on sense then I do on stock Kit Kat. Probably because of optimization by HTC. After Lollipop is released and I try it out, if it doesn't wow me I'll most likely switch back to Sense.
[One (M8) General] olvrick:
guys, sense camera is still better than gpe camera (photo quality)?
[One (M8) General] Andrew149:
Nope 5.0.1 is taking great photos
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
That dosent mean it's better or worse
[One (M8) General] derWolf_:
The second picture is really bad though....
[One (M8) General] andezzat:
I can tell a profound difference M8 on 5.0.1 GPE convert. HOWEVER, in Play Music, the equalizer OVERPOWERS BoomSound and just turns it off and does its own work ^_^

I like it with my own equalizer :D
[One (M8) General] Coinstar99:
Got my M8 in September, and from being such a devoted iPhone user I was actually impressed. I wanted pure Google Experience though. So I converted to GPE using the RUU. Really liked it, but I was bothered by the fact I couldn't just use and RUU to flop back and forth. Now that I have figured out what I need to do to switch back and for using adb I am going to go back to GPE. There are things that I didn't realize that I liked over what is in Sense, and I think GPE is faster and smoother, especially in scrolling through Twitter. I use either Talon Plus or Tweetings and they both are much smoother on GPE. I realize Talon Plus is not on KitKat that it is Talon Classic. I liked the simplistic setup as well on GPE, my only complaint was I couldn't hide apps that I didn't use, I was just stuck with them as I don't want to have to use a launcher. So I through my hat in for GPE
[One (M8) General] fccr1990:
So, I'm bringing to life this thread just to know if your preferences changed. I'm always between Sense (ARHD) and GPE (Skydragon), but can't take a favourite. I'm actually reflashing GPE to see which is the winner.

I think battery life is better with sense (Even terrific on KK Sense6), but performance is noticeable on GPE...

What do you guys think?

GPE L vs Sense 7 L
[One (M8) General] @rbiter:
Yes, sense has better battery life and isn't a bad rom. But 5.1 lollipop gpe stock is just too good to go back.
[One (M8) General] fccr1990:
Which ROM are you using? RUU or custom?
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Battery life sucks since sense was updated to Lollipop
[One (M8) General] fccr1990:
Yes, I did notice a huge drain (Probably because of Google Play Services), but ARHD v41 has good battery life (sense 7 L).

Servicely + Amplify seems to work great, maybe you want to check those apps.

I will try these days with SD GPE and see how my battery goes.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
I am not rooted and on GSam battery monitor app it shows that what's draining the battery most are "kernel" and "Android sysrem". I used to get to bed with 20 per cent of battery and now I have to charge it twice a day. Google play services comes in 3rd.
[One (M8) General] richii0207:
What do you mean by performance? They both have no hint of lag at all. Did you have power saving mode on without knowing?
[One (M8) General] duskdiyebiri:
I always switch between Sense and Gpe from time to time. I luv camera quality, sound quality and battery life on Sense (also changing fonts is fantastic) but I adore stock vanilla lollipop. I luv Gpe Dialer, notification bar and overall material design. Gpe has more consistency. Sense lollipop is somewhat seems like half.

Why is no popup call notification on Sense lollipop.

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[One (M8) General] fccr1990:
I know it's almost impossible as this device is powered by a great processor. And no, ondemand, stock voltage and stock frequencies.

But for example, recently apps open immediately on GPE, on Sense it takes about a second to load all recent apps, benchmarks scores better on GPE. I mean, it's not a huuuge difference, but it's noticeable.

I love sound quality, battery and even UI on sense, but material design and snappiness on GPE keeps me doubting about which rom should I stay.
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
I actually have better battery life for my usage since I converted to gpe. Thought I would miss sense, I don't!
[One (M8) General] XavC:
I'm doubting ridiculously hard at the moment. Been in love with Sense since I got my first HTC, the Sensation XE. Then went with an S3, which I disgusted, and went back to HTC with their One M8 and an even more beautiful Sense experience. The battery life just sucks at the moment, and I'm really wondering about converting to GPE. Can anybody tell me if there's a noticeable difference like recently?
[One (M8) General] EternalAndroid:
For me they're both extremely power efficient but I find sense to be better. I've always been a sense fan but gpe is lush as well. I literally bounce back & forth everyday, I have a problem.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
I agree with you. Did you tried the m8 before the Lollipop update? When I was on KitKat battery life was great but now I don't even get to the end of the day anymore. I know it's Google fault and not htc but I really hope the next firmware update solves the issue. There are more issues like lag and contacts not appearing when they call me and on htc messaging app but the battery one is the true annoying one.
[One (M8) General] XavC:
For me it's terrible, I left home yesterday at 09:37 AM. Had fully blasted my battery @ 5PM. That's 7 hours of basically only WhatsApp with screen dimmed, no syncing etc. My ex-gf's Z2 would last twice as long as my M8 with same usage stats.

Yes, I did try it. The difference isn't THAT huge in my opinion, but it's enough to be a nuisance.

I figured GPE might be more battery-friendly because it is less 'bloated' and more pure. Sense seems like a pretty heavy Android skin, so it seemed like logic to me. But could I conclude that, in the end, the difference isn't really big enough to actually make a switch if I'm in love with the Sense looks? GPE looks are not as appealing..
[One (M8) General] EternalAndroid:
Try out GPe for awhile, you might enjoy it.
[One (M8) General] ficti0n851:
Drives me nuts too.
[One (M8) General] jshamlet:
That wasn't entirely on HTC. Google really amped up a lot of stuff in their Play Services for Lollipop. Turning off wakelocks for Google Play Services should put you back in Kit Kat territory, and killing location services will get you back into the nearly 2-3 day range.

My M8 is running Lollipop DevEd, and I had it hooked up to my car playing music on a 7 hour drive yesterday. I started at 100% and had 97% when I got home.
[One (M8) General] hussainmushahid:
Except for the camera app, I'll take the GPE over Sense anyday.

Wish there was a way to get the sense camera working on GPE(the methods I tried didn't work) but well you can't have everything.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Thanks for the tips. Turning off location services has any downsides? Do you think I should wait for the next OTA update and see if they fix that or should I go your way ?

Cheers
[One (M8) General] jshamlet:
Well, maps won't work properly... ;) I usually turn location services back on if I need to use navigation, and back off when I get there.

Other than that, the only side effects seem to be location based ads don't display correctly at times, as the ad servers have to guess where you are based on IP. Since I also run AdAway, I don't really notice that much myself, but my wife has noticed it.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
You have the location services in battery saving mode?

Edit: you have it off. I also did that now. Also turned off "always look for wifi" on wifi advanced settings.
[One (M8) General] downwiththebanksters:
Don't forget our batteries are getting old. Mine was bought near to launch, so it's nearly a year and a half old. I haven't checked the capacity available, but it has to have taken a hit over that time. I finally got around to putting 5.1.1 on my nexus and I like it, but I do think the battery is less than it was on 4.4.4 a few days ago, but maybe the break in period of the ROM hasn't happened. After reading the above I'm confused which way to go from my ARHD 4.4.4, or even if I should go lolly. I get good battery now, but turn off all radios when not needed, NEVER allow location except when maps are needed, and run adblock. Help me stop dithering!
[One (M8) General] Deadeye*:
Any more updates I'm thinking going to GPE. How will the performance be compared with stock sense newest rooms?
[One (M8) General] Mukhi11:
Performance is very good but battery life is a little less.

Sent from my HTC One_M8
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
Gpe all day long. Even the bad Google camera is alright..I have zero regrets since switching to gpe. Battery is even better for me
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
I like both Sense 7 and GPE 5.1, I always switch between. I prefer GPE 5.1 because of the speed, fluid ui & animations but I always tend to get bored real fast when using it. I prefer Sense 7 because of the battery life, themes & appealing ui but I sometimes feel likes it gets a little laggy sometimes (not too often but I notice it). Currently going to go with..... well IDK but I have GPE 4.4.4 right now which i'll be going back to either Sense 7 or GPE 5.1.
[One (M8) General] duskdiyebiri:
Sense is the worst UI adopted for material design of lollipop. Most of the Sense features haven't changed. Only lockscreen, notifications ABD notification bar changed. No color adoption, no pop-up calls, no brightness slider, no torch on notification panel, no changes on app drawer etc.

We got the fastest update to lollipop but nothing has changed since KitKat (except worse battery life)

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[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
True. Isn't there a custom rom that adapts the best of the two worlds? What about skydragon gpe 5.1?
[One (M8) General] mraacidd:
I m using a converted gpe 5.1 latest build. I like blinkfeed as it is easy to get reading materials just by sliding. since sense is only at 5.01/2, and has lots of bloatware, I converted to gpe. but i like blinkfeed so I installed it. at the moment switchin between these 2 launchers. everything is running great with camera, gallery n music running fine.
[One (M8) General] -WP7User-:
I've been using a converted GPe forever now. Didn't even bother with Sense after a few weeks because I don't really like it that much and it gave me problems with Google Play Music (which always worked fine on the GPe).

But I'm really considering going back to Sense now, because FB sync doesn't work anymore since FB changed the API and I believe it does work on Sense.

I hope they fixed those GPM issues I had, though.
[One (M8) General] danial.aw:
Social contact sync is an app that will sync Facebook now... And much more
[One (M8) General] gusoldier:
Does Sense Music Player app also work on GPE? If yes, can you assist me finding the app.

I only got camera and gallery working. Could not find Music Player apk.
[One (M8) General] mraacidd:
Yes, its workin like normal....lyrics n album updates also workin....what I did was, I used the themes taken from digitalhigh....tqvm to him...try this link....quite a lot.... https://www.androidfilehost.com/?a=show&w=files&flid=16298 .....but i did not do it in recovery as normal. I just copied the music folder to /system/priv-app....n chmod the folder 755 and the apk 644. Then i reboot. Works for me with any roms. I do not know whether there are any security issues cuz i m not a programmer. but the method works for me...hope it helps....
[One (M8) General] gusoldier:
Thank you, it worked!
[One (M8) General] mraacidd:
u r welcome......
[One (M8) General] XskipperX:
im reading that GPE has alot of bugs compared to stock.. im happy with stock now . no bugs. long batt life..
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Good battery life? lol. Not me, that was when I had kitkat. Since the Lollipop update battery life sucks. Even considered going back to 4.4.4 but I would lose some nice features, like smartlock (love not having to put my screen pin lock when I am near my Moto 360).

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[One (M8) General] caspik:
If I switch from Sense to GPE will I be able to use Google Fit app, or it doesn't depend on the firmware?
[One (M8) General] duskdiyebiri:
it should run in GPE

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[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
Yeah. I'm confused. Literally just installed the app.. Didn't think, and it says it won't work on my device (gpe) but its counting steps.. Like I said.. Just installed the app an hr ago
[One (M8) General] Viper4713:
Authentic GPE device here from the Google Store, I converted my phone to Sense to try out Sense 7 a few months ago, I used it for about 2 months but I fully converted back to GPE, I usually don't like Sense at all but I have to say Sense 7 is finally good, but I still highly prefer GPE, if I didn't have this phone I would have a Nexus phone, but sense this is GPE I feel like I do have some kind of "HTC One Nexus".

Performance pretty much seems similar to me besides less animations in Sense 7, Sense battery life is better in terms of 5.0 lollipop, but with Sense 7 5.0.1/5.0.2 vs GPE 5.1, the battery now seems similar, I can't tell much of a difference, but I haven't fully tracked it either.

GPE 5.0 has a bit of bugs with some battery life issues, but GPE 5.1 is just great.

I wasn't a huge fan of Google Camera exactly either, taking a picture was just so slow, straight up shutter lag, I would use Sense Camera even on GPE, but now Google Camera is great on 5.1, get the latest update from Google Play Store and it has instant shutter now, so I don't see the use in Sense Camera anymore for all I need it for.

But I believe you need 5.1 or higher for that feature to work, but you don't need a Nexus 6 like the update changelog suggests.
[One (M8) General] TITANote2LTE:
Well put! See I'm in the opposite boat, still love this phone and since I've had it, I've tried many others but keep coming back to the M8.

I've bounced back and forth between full GPe conversion and developer edition sense 6 (who knows when Rogers will release M) but keep coming back solely for the camera , then a few days pass, and I find myself back on GPe...why? I find the phone "bogs" down with sense. Just typing this is causing my phone to lag and several retyping of words here.

Viper- one issue I had with the GPe camera (you are correct, it is super fast now) is I can never get it to refocus when video recording. Any tips?

I also notice battery on standby is a ton better with GPe, but I think that's my selection of apps I have and the background syncing (sense seems to do more)

My 2cents
[One (M8) General] unlethal:
I prefer GPE on my M8.

It just feels faster and looks better IMO. Battery life has been great too.
[One (M8) General] Viper4713:
To be honest I don't record much videos, but when I tried it out I didn't have an issue, but I noticed old videos recorded with Sense Camera play in a slow framerate on Google Photos :/ its annoying because I love to use Google Photos app, I guess if your problem doesn't clear up you can always stay GPE and use Sense Camera only.

Maybe you should search up with Google Camera issue, regardless the camera on this phone is not that great unfortunately :(
[One (M8) General] TITANote2LTE:
Its true, it really isn't that great as far as photography goes, but for an everyday point and shoot, its not that bad. I just hate the fact it either a) under exposes the pic where the center object is incredibly dark and can't make up the image, or b) it over exposes so bad that everything is really washed out. I don't slow motion video tape much actually *if that is what you were talking about with the framerate in the google photos app*

I see in your sig you have elemental x kernel listed, are you currently using that on H10? If so how has it been?

Cheers
[One (M8) General] Janity:
Using doppelkanger at the moment, i especially like the gpe's animations and minimalism.

Sense isn't bad at all, but since 5.0 it's not as convincing in my eyes. KitKat was way better. :-/
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
How is battery life with the gpe Marshmallow update? Did it improve considerably?
[One (M8) General] caspik:
does it give you an actual number of steps? or the number randomly fluctuates?
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
It's fairly consistent, and the higher days line up to days I know I walked more. It uses GPS and runtastic data on running days.. But the outcome is far better than when I first got the m8, something changed
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
[MENTION=4593368]bigbear6708[/MENTION] have you gotten the new google camera 3.1 if so how is the camera now?
[One (M8) General] danial.aw:
Nope for some reason we are stuck at the older GPE camera :/
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
Haven't seen a camera update.
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...8808-30-arm-android-6-0-android-apk-download/

its available here
[One (M8) General] danial.aw:
Yep installed the one from APKmirror.... Works fine for me, definitely way quicker to start up.

No extra features in it though... Also not sure yet if duo features work or not
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
How about the quality and shutter speed? [MENTION=4593368]bigbear6708[/MENTION] [MENTION=1601151]danial.aw[/MENTION]
[One (M8) General] danial.aw:
Honestly don't take that many pictures to be able to tell...
[One (M8) General] danial.aw:
Switching from camera to video causes the 3.0 camera to lag and sometimes crash out ... Happens 1/3 times... Also noticed that the focus time is much slower on it... Shutter speed seems to be the same

I uninstalled it personally
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
Thanks guess im staying on sense, camera is a real downer.
[One (M8) General] lsv-1:
Hello everybody, I've been experiencing lots of lag waking up the phone or when I receive a call on GPE (Android 6.0) is everybody experiencing that as well? Does that happen in Sense also? I'm starting to get really upset about that. When receiving calls the phones takes forever to turn on the screen and it becomes unresponsive a lot. :upset:
[One (M8) General] duskdiyebiri:
I've never experienced this problem. Wiping cache or factory resetting may resolve this problem

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[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
I find the camera comparison to not really be that different... Besides all of the features sense offered that I didn't use anyway.. They were gimmicky (do you really use photo booth) picture to picture though.. I bet if I upload two side by side you can't tell the difference. Here is a recent GPE shot as example. pretty damn good for jumping from a helicopter and getting a quick pic before it left