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[One (M8) General] 09eric09:
Any particular Xposed modules you recommend?
[One (M8) General] Thunderbolt:
gravitybox and gel settings.
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
Xblast tools, floating window, acdisplay, heads up, minminguard, xquiethours, YouTube adaway, tinted status bar, greenify
[One (M8) General] erapmicks:
Gpe converted is wayyyyy smoother than sense
[One (M8) General] Smoke08:
Is it any possible to use slow motion feature on GPE?
[One (M8) General] deefster:
Anything is smoother than the stock Rom filled with bloatware. There are some really good sense roms out there, and some tweaks that yield really good battery life.
[One (M8) General] erapmicks:
I debloated mine and still not as smooth.
[One (M8) General] panoulil:
I prefer GPE but keep switching back to Sense because the camera framework is brutal on stock. Sense camera and framework is so much better. Faster more accurate focus, I almost always get a great shot. I have young kids and catching candid moments with then is difficult with GPE. I'm hoping with L and the major overhaul of the camera API will resolve this and I can switch back to it.
[One (M8) General] MistaBishi:
Not at the moment, no.
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
Now that most HTC One M8 devices received the New 4.4.4 Eye Experience Update are you guys that was on AOSP/GPE using Sense again?
[One (M8) General] EternalAndroid:
Converted back just to try it but L is coming soon so I'm going to stay on GPe.
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
I feel you on Android L, I really am excited for it to release for GPE. I'll probably run it as my daily once its released and devs port it to our Vzw variant.
[One (M8) General] Eddy1911:
Sense for me. It just looks sleek and way too cool.
[One (M8) General] PunishedSnake:
Gpe
[One (M8) General] jball:
And why you ask [emoji652]

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[One (M8) General] deefster:
I really like sense and probably won't convert to a gpe ROM on my m8, but I won't miss out entirely, as my nexus 7 will get L.
[One (M8) General] Wingzer:
Up until now I've been a strictly GPE man.

Although I seemed to be getting much worse battery life in GPE as well as poor radio performance.

Anyway reverted to ARHD 21.0 and whammy what a phone.

ABattery life is about 3 hours more SOT. I seem to have LTE everywhere I know its available before it was spotty.

But sense just does things better than stock android. For example the screen rotation switch in the pull down bar just make so much more sense.
[One (M8) General] Mr.Nitro:
sence for ever
[One (M8) General] bdizzle1686:
Only opinion I have on this issue is, I'm a fan of all 3 , but for the HTC one, DEFINITELY SENSE..In MY opinion @ least, if u want the TRUE HTC ONE, it's sense all the way. Anything else,n it's just the Google one, or just a one.
[One (M8) General] Jarocks:
AOSP all the way. Sure it has it's quirks, but I've always been a fan of being able to customize virtually everything about my device.

It can always be spruced up with custom themes and launchers. Also just never understood the appeal to running Sense and at the same time removing all things Sense from it.
[One (M8) General] burakgon:
I'm using GPE and no need sense. Only missing thing is 60 FPS video recording for me. But I guess, it's done by lollipop.
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
I really love Lollipop for the battery/buttery smoothness but miss Sense 6 a bit. I just Lollipop had a few more extra features added like a quicksetting for sound, weather widget, more camera additions.
[One (M8) General] fourhundredandtwenty:
AOSP is really a thing of sheer beauty. GPE lollipop comes close. Sense definitely has its own perks, mainly the camera stuff. Between stock rooted, Viper ROM, and cyanogen, I've really missed cyanogen the most. Something about the design of it is just really pleasing and allows for a super fluid workflow. Maybe I'll use their 5.0 ROM when its out. We'll see.
[One (M8) General] erapmicks:
Theres someone that been able to get the HTC stock camera. just have to install a gallery. QuickPic
[One (M8) General] BR7fan:
I loved GPE KitKat because of the battery life and it being less gimmicky. Lollipop GPE is fast with even better battery life. This will be my daily driver. I will be trying out the SlimLP AOSP when it's available for this phone,it has been my go to since GN2.
[One (M8) General] badboy47:
Sense 4 Life
[One (M8) General] arses:
Sense is the only thing that distinguishes HTC.
[One (M8) General] BerryAl:
That's just plain untrue?? They're known for their high build quality. Well, maybe until the Nexus 9 was released.

I'm running GPE SkyDragon ROM and much prefer it to sense. Not in every way, but most.
[One (M8) General] Solid State:
Personally, I use multi-rom, so I have one of each type to suit each of my personalities.

I generally stick with the Sense rom, unless I'm really trying to focus on work, then I go to AOSP, with only a music player installed to cut down on the distractions.

I'm really liking the look of the GPE 5.0 ROM, though. When 5.0 Sense comes out, it should be a thing of beauty.
[One (M8) General] DryaT:
GPE, but Sense has got a lot of good things like the camera and the gallery.
[One (M8) General] badboy47:
Opinions... We all have it.
[One (M8) General] ozg33k:
Here happy with stock gpe with a nice kernel always
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
If the leaked images are true they haven't change the look of Sense 6 at all, which is a pity.
[One (M8) General] Motivation03:
Though I like all of them, have to go with sense, everything works and the sound is just better, as well as camera. Aosp doesn't work too well with the m8 so that'd be my least favorite with the camera, sound distortion thing and the signal jumping around.
[One (M8) General] kevinarjun:
like sense coz of sound n battery life...
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
I'm thinking about converting to gpe from sense. This is first phone I've not even rooted..but since gpe still has most HTC features..why not!!! It's sense with no skin basically!
[One (M8) General] wildestpixel:
It is indeed sense with no skin, but that skin is so immersive and interactive its a totally different device.

You will feel empty if you are a sense stalwart and convert to GPE.

I am presently on GPE as I get a better Android wear experience (can change priority interrupts from wristwatch) just until I can get the dev RUU for Lollipop whenever its released. I don't mind it as a long term nexus user upto nexus 5 (bombed the nexus 6 on price and size).

All down to preference, but generally with AOSP/AOKP/CM I steer clear on M8 as its at best a hacked device tree unlike a nexus where every binary driver for building is provided.
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
Yeah. I was a nexus guy till recently too. I had an evo back in the day..sense has come a long way. I know HTC isn't easy to hack. So it's either sense or gpe...lol. all I really use are minor camera features, ir blaster, weather, and dot view..thinks I'm going to try it.

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[One (M8) General] leandronb:
i converted to gpe yesterday and i'm feeling a bit not at home. used sense since may, when i bought this device. kinda of mixed feelings about gpe and before i always had nexus devices.
[One (M8) General] leo9891:
Love the GPe 5.0 update, but the camera is slow and somewhat laggy. Thats my only gripe. And I have tried 3rd party camera apps as well, I think the camera just doesnt work well without Sense. So that is what is keeping me on Sense right now, not that Sense is bad or anything, I just want the 5.0 Lollipop update. Guess I'll have to wait till it gets pushed out by HTC with their skin on top of Lollipop.
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
Try this one..it's not heavy themed but it's a clear look and from the features and so on very comparable

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marginz.snap
[One (M8) General] leo9891:
Is it snappy like the stock Sense camera? Cause that was the main problem with the Google camera on GPe. I've tried the Google camera on Sense, and it takes pics snappy just like the Sense camera app, which lead me to believe that the GPe software is not working with the HTC hardware efficiently, which causes the loss of the snappiness and quality of the camera while using an original/converted GPe device or even just using a ROM on a Sense device.
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
Yes snappy like the HTC cam
[One (M8) General] c_brown93:
I love Sense camera. But GPE with 5.0.1 is so smooth and I am just a stock Android lover.
[One (M8) General] Ronaldo_9:
HTC Sense is great and probably the best skin.

It is clean and super smooth. Note that I like my Rom stock, especially since I use my bank apps.

However since lollipop, I have to say GPE is great! its my fav except for the camera app. The only thing that would make me switch back to sense (lollipop version when it is out) is the camera!
[One (M8) General] foodxodation:
Can we install sense camera on the gpe edition? or any sense apps?
[One (M8) General] Ronaldo_9:
Some apps work. Camera works for still but not for video recording on stock rom
[One (M8) General] tameracingdriver:
I love stock Android, but I went back to Sense. In the end, I just wanted my phone to have maximum functionality:-

Sense Camera is way, WAY better than the Vanilla Google one. With the Sense camera app, the picture quality most of the time is passable if not decent (it was better indoors for example than my mates Z3), and it is very, VERY fast (nothing else I've used comes close bar the iPhone).

Battery life seems better on Sense. When I first got the phone on 4.4.2 I eventually converted to GPE 4.4.4 and the battery life was better, and I converted to 5.0.1 GPE and the battery life was noticeably worse (although still not bad). Since I converted back to 4.4.4 Sense (admittedly, via Android Revolution), the battery life is insane.

Just little touches too, like the FAR superior volume control on the Sense edition (i.e. I can lower the sound of a video BEFORE actually playing it), battery % indicator, customisable (and more useful) toggles, theming, fonts, lockscreen shortcuts and wallpaper, and the list goes on.

I have to say though, GPE 5.0.1 is gorgeous to look at and use, and so far for me, from what I've seen of LP Sense, I'm a little disappointed, especially with the toggles which look the same as KitKat, why couldn't they have at least given it a slight facelift and its a shame not to see the fantastic dialer (even the one from KK GPE would have done!).
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
I agree with what you said one hundred percent. It's a pity they didn't change anything in the design department. I was considering converting my SIM unlocked T-Mobile Poland phone to GPE but you just made me think twice about it. Cheers
[One (M8) General] tameracingdriver:
No worries :) The camera is probably the biggie for me - everyone knows the camera on the M8 isn't class leading, but its really not bad at all with the Sense camera app IMO, however on GPE, I found it sub-par particularly in speed terms but also quality, ease of use and so on. The Sense app makes an average camera decent, the GPE camera reduces it to something akin to a Galaxy Nexus and that's not a good thing! :laugh:
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
I thought I would love sense lollipop more ..but ..gpe is so much more beautifully...mmhh
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Did you hear the good news? Today Lollisense update started arriving to unlocked and developer edition phones
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
Yes.. I used it around 1 hour.. But still not sure if I like the sense 6
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Now that Sense with 5.0.1 is out, I'm curious to hear what people think about both versions.

My thoughts on GPE

- Love the look and animations

- Amazing dialer

- Smaller notification icons and nav bar

- Silent mode not for everyone but I like it.

Sense 6 with 5.0.1

- Lockscreen is great

- Quick settings are decent

- Dialer is still pretty bad

- Lock screen full screen album cover, that was a nice surprise

- Audio and Camera quality much better.

- Feels like the L look still needs to be implemented better (probably saved for Sense 7)

- WiFi still often disconnects for me at home and at the office.

Battery life to me seems a bit better on GPE but
[One (M8) General] pedyvirus:
I cant choose between them because im unable to pay for s-off but if i could choose gpe was my choice for sure

Faster updates better dialer better ram managment and apps will open faster also better batterry life and more materialsed ui are the things that made me choose this (i think sense 6 with lolipop is very ugly because its only an attemp to fast update.Sense 6 with kitkat is a way better than that)
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Sense 7 with L will be far better I agree. Right now it's OK but you can tell it needs more work. Some parts of the UI are still pure Sense, some are a mix, smart lock is pure GPE. I think it's a good effort from HTC and it's promising but as it is today, I don't know, nice enough for me not to go right back to GPE, but
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
Lollisense with GPE Dialler :p
[One (M8) General] clsA:
To me the GPe just has too many faults the nav bar icons are horrible the Camera app is bad the Gallery is bad the default music player is bad. the contact list is bad the multi tasking app switcher has no clear all. All the above features in Sense 6 are what make this phone what it is. The GPe should have been left to Samsung / Motorola devices.
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Very good points although I don't see the need to clear out the recent list but that's based on my usage of course. The camera app is bad, it was horrible and they improved it to a "bad", still a long ways to go.
[One (M8) General] thebobmannh:
An argument can be made for some of your other points (though things like the "default music player" and "contact list" are debatable and / or complete nonissues since it's silly to use the "default" music player anyway), but the nav bar icons? Sense's nav bar icons drive me BANANAS and could be the single biggest reason that sense bothers me so much. They look completely out of place and ridiculous in every context. It's the smallest thing but even after months of using Sense I found them jarring. It's like they had a nine year old draw them with crayon and then just said "eh, good enough." They're twice as big as they should be but nothing has been adjusted to compensate.

I always make fun of design snobs picking on the tiniest little nitpicky details but here I am doing it :)
[One (M8) General] clsA:
Aah come on This is 10x better ( I was looking for a pic with the grayscale theme)

[IMG="Sense"]http://cdn01.androidauthority.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/blinkfeed-htc-m8-2.jpg[/IMG]

than these GPE

[IMG="nav bar"]http://www.theandroidsoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Android-L-vs-Android-5.0-Lollipop-Status-Navigation-Bar-theandroidsoul.com_.jpg[/IMG]
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
For me it's the notification bar that bugs me, I do like that they are animated but by the time you have WiFi, Blue tooth and head set connected, that's almost a full row if icons that without Rood and XPosed you can't get rid of. GPE are much smaller and cleaner.
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
How did you manage to do that?
[One (M8) General] thebobmannh:
Crap I was TOTALLy talking about the notification bar. THe nav bar is neither here nor there. My bad.
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Okay, cause the icons are different but not that different in size, but the notification bar is busy on Sense.
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
How about that GPS icon? Makes me want to punch my phone every time that things flashes.
[One (M8) General] badboy47:
#Lolisense all the way.
[One (M8) General] clsA:
I'm glad to see the 2 threads merged instead of just killing the old one :)

The lollipop notification icons are the ones I think are horrible, just colored in shapes is ridicules what are we preschoolers

I have to agree though the Sense Bar gets pretty busy at times

But it mostly just looks like this
[One (M8) General] clay21:
You can get it here.....http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=58214520&postcount=3353
[One (M8) General] thebobmannh:
If that's how you spell ridiculous, maybe..... ;)

I realize it's a matter of taste. "Colored in shapes" to me are elegant and simple. They tell me what I need to know at a glance without being distracting. Sense icons just a) add ludicrous amounts of clutter and b) call attention to themselves at times when you just don't need them to.

Kinda like Sense itself, honestly. Always there, mucking things up where unnecessary....
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
I swear.. I loved sense in the past.. Since my old htc desire with sense 1 and 2 till now and will have also sense 7 when it come out.. But atm the gpe version is so clean, colorful and simple.. Its eye candy.. I love it.. And will stay on in the next month.. But also I hate it since I buyed a htc sense phone… .because of sense… . So this drives me crazy ..maybe anyone make a nice theme..
[One (M8) General] Viper4713:
I love GPE Lollipop, I however do not like the lack of Xposed :(
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
Yes.. But thats a general problem.. The xposed dev must hopefully fix this..
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
Some nice apps

Quick pic

Snap camera

Aitype
[One (M8) General] clsA:
See that's the problem for me .. With Sense 6 it's flash the RUU use your phone

With GPe it's flash the RUU - find a different launcher - find a different camera - find a keyboard - find a gallery - find a music player ...ect

lol I know I'm different, but from the looks of the above poll results I'm not alone
[One (M8) General] Viper4713:
I'm used to AOSP/GPE now that Sense just seems like bloatware to me, blindfeed and all that stuff I don't use that, I don't even use twitter or any of that, I do however Facebook, Games, and Music at Ultra High Quality :D

I got this phone from Google Play Store, so I don't exactly feel like I am taking a loss from not trying Sense yet.
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
My biggest ding on sense are:

Lack of lp animations

Lack of heads up

Notification bar

Ugly dialer, etc

I'm confident those will be fixed with new sense..

I hate the HTC calendar app and find Google to be far superior.

Otherwise I find the features sense offers to be generally good. I can wait for sense 7 for the cosmetic updates.
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
lol...yeah...i know what you mean..and its true...yes...and i´m one of the devs who made sense rom for ages..the last good sense versions you will find in the picture...the thing is in the past..sense was like a extreme modification..for example you saw a big clock if you have an alarm....and other things...now we have the opposite....did you compare the alarm lockscreen or the incoming call lockscreen from sense and gpe...the sense is to simple for me....i hope for sense 7

btw...you can have a working htc blinkfeed launcher, camera and gallery...ah also the htc ime on gpe if you want...

there is one more part....it have to do with the files and how you use it....for example..why i have an extra htc backup...while theres allready a google backup....and such things
[One (M8) General] krazie1:
I think GPE Lollipop is the best thing for a complete Android L experience with all features working nicely.
[One (M8) General] clsA:
Thanks for the Post ... brings back memories

Now I need you to get busy and compile me a LolliSense Kernel ;)
[One (M8) General] Alex-V:
yes...same for me... :)

just looked into htc dev and still no 5.0.1 sense kernel source

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

thats also on my list...so if google release a new android version...you will get it around 90 days later from htc...after that release of htc..we must wait again up to 90 days for the kernel source...so thats around 180 days ..means a half year....means no s2w or oc or uv...

the next thing is against to google...try to find a provider that give you a nexus instead of a htc to the contract ....thats why htc is one of the most hacked phone to get aosp and similiar to work...

my head is full...lol....and yes i miss the old days..all that was easier in the past...there was always a ruu
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
Sense or gpe, u decide.........
[One (M8) General] zedmarcus:
Ok thought I'd chime in with my opinion. I've used sinless GPE for a long time as I saw no reason to use sense. GPE gave me everything I wanted in a lovely clean ui. I thought sense was just a cluttered mess.

A couple of days ago I thought I'd update to see what lollipop sense looked like. Once I'd updated and added all of my apps, switched to apex launcher and gotten it set up the way I wanted, I have to say I'm impressed. It's nice and snappy, ui is not so bad (now it's tweaked to my liking and a few mods are starting to become available). The couple of things I don't like is the lockscreen (which I've now changed to acDisplay) and the horrible sense phone app (which I've now changed to the stock GPE one).

Not sure how long I'll stick with it, but so far I'm enjoying lollisense.

ZM
[One (M8) General] rodolfojr:
Sense camera on GPE?? How??

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Sense camera no GPE?? How is that??
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Ugly notification, definitely Sense!
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
hahaha ;)
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
I'm still torn between Sense and GPE, I just hate the notification icons so much, even when I set the launcher not to show them, they are still visible enough to irritate me :)
[One (M8) General] exocetdj:
hahaha

I'm quite happy with lollisense but i do prefer the GPE dialler ;)
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
You don't have to brag ;)
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
Hey nic what are u currently running gpe or lollisense?
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Lollisense right now, starting to like it
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Do you also use GPE like apps and do we have to be rooted to use them? I really like the material design stuff but think we miss a bit of this phones functionality, don't you agree?
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
Well, with Sense audio and camera definitely work better, but GPE you get all the material animations which I like, plus a much better dialer. If you run a custom ROM you can probably improve either way but I try to stay stock as much as I can.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Can we somehow use a gpe like dialer without root?
[One (M8) General] rquinn19:
This Amdroid...you can change anything almost. There's dialers in the Play Store.
[One (M8) General] bigbear6708:
It's only a dialer, this is xda. .we don't use "phones" lol
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
I converted to gpe and went back to sense in a hurry just now, i took a picture in a completely dark room with gpe google camera and it was blurry each time, even tried different camera apps samething so its lollisense all the way never going back there period.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
I know that but is there one exactly the same as the GPE that everyone says to good about?

Ah, and I'm pretty sure it's Android and not Amdroid
[One (M8) General] wil123:
For the GPE dialer check here : http://xdaforums.com/htc-one-m8/help/htc-one-m8-gpe-googledialer-t3003406
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
If you ever find yourself in a completely dark room and you need to take pictures, you definitely want sense
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Thanks. But only works when rooted :(
[One (M8) General] toysoldierq:
The flash on gpe does not seem to fire properly sucks, well I think there is no need for gpe until they fix these small issues.
[One (M8) General] Badelhas:
Check this out: Sense camera on GPE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3008262
[One (M8) General] Nic2112:
There is a version you can flash with a custom recovery... BUT... although it works great, when I get a call, doesn't matter what I'm using at that time, it shows up as a heads up notification. Probably something people will like, personally I don't.

No matter what though, music and camera are without a doubt better on Sense.
[One (M8) General] rquinn19:
Why so concerned about my typo? btw what does "to good about" mean?

And you asked for "gpe like" and i offer a suggestion and then you get smart about it as you change to "exactly the same as gpe".