Question. If I am using sense but have a launcher pro setup does it in any way run in the background and drag down performance and battery. Im a huge fan of both and am having a hard time doing away with one or the other. Any input obj this would be greatly appreciated
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I dont know if it slows anything down but I do know that I wont use anything else but launcher pro. I luv luv luv it. so many screen and dock settings. I haven't noticed it being any slower. By the way, if you have launcher pro plus I would like to know what the big difference is from regular plus.
squick said:
I dont know if it slows anything down but I do know that I wont use anything else but launcher pro. I luv luv luv it. so many screen and dock settings. I haven't noticed it being any slower. By the way, if you have launcher pro plus I would like to know what the big difference is from regular plus.
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One of the biggest reasons I bought plus, was to be able to resize my widgets on my home screen. I'm not certain what other features it gives you.
dan.kels.r said:
Question. If I am using sense but have a launcher pro setup does it in any way run in the background and drag down performance and battery. Im a huge fan of both and am having a hard time doing away with one or the other. Any input obj this would be greatly appreciated
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LauncherProPlus and the Sense Launcher are mutually exclusive apps. if you use one you dont need the other...so why are you still using both?
once I went with LPP i never went back. i can confirm that Sense runs in the background. I completely removed the sense launcher and almost anything else that was sense, since you can't use any sense widgets on LPP. everything is working fine for me
I prefer ADW, but I just wanted to say in calkulins ROM thread he has a zip that will remove sense for you. I used it on his rom and MYNS WORM 2.2 without any issues.
Awesome guys. Thanks for the input. To my knowledge there are only two versions of launcher. There is pro and pro plus. I have calks remove sense zip. Ive been going back and forth with sense and lpp for a while now. I think im gonna fully jump on board with the lp band wagon.
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phatmanxxl said:
I prefer ADW, but I just wanted to say in calkulins ROM thread he has a zip that will remove sense for you. I used it on his rom and MYNS WORM 2.2 without any issues.
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Should it work in Azrael 2.0? If I am already using LPP what will I notice if it works...
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Max_Pain said:
LauncherProPlus and the Sense Launcher are mutually exclusive apps. if you use one you dont need the other...so why are you still using both?
once I went with LPP i never went back. i can confirm that Sense runs in the background. I completely removed the sense launcher and almost anything else that was sense, since you can't use any sense widgets on LPP. everything is working fine for me
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Is there any way to disable / kill the sense process (without having root and running a ROM without sense)?
Why not root. With the newest version of unrevoked, it gives you full root. S-off, nand unlocked. And if you need to turn in your phone you just flash the stock non rooted rom. Root gives you so much more! Just my 2 cents
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I loved using lpp but I hated not having my transparent status bar so I use sense using warm2.2 i can customize everything I want and have my transparent status bar
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My fix for the notification bar was to check the option to hide it. That really dressed up the screen.
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Is launcher pro an application?
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I'm a big fan of LPP too. Sense will run in the background unless you remove it (such as using the above mentioned script). If you just Kill Sense, it will come back so that isn't really an option.
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Is launcher pro an application?
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Launcher Pro is a great Home replacement. Like Sense. I was just asking what the popular to go about using it was. Like do all LPP (Launcher Pro Plus is the paid version, 1.99, well worth it) remove sense, i mean you cant use anything sense related inside LP ie. widgets. If it runs it in the background why keep it
dan.kels.r said:
Launcher Pro is a great Home replacement. Like Sense. I was just asking what the popular to go about using it was. Like do all LPP (Launcher Pro Plus is the paid version, 1.99, well worth it) remove sense, i mean you cant use anything sense related inside LP ie. widgets. If it runs it in the background why keep it
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I uninstalled sense and am trying to update launcher pro but cannot while it ida running.how do I reinstall sense? I see the titanium backup but out isn't restoring
Homeqnet.com said:
I uninstalled sense and am trying to update launcher pro but cannot while it ida running.how do I reinstall sense? I see the titanium backup but out isn't restoring
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You probably just need anyother home to standby, although you shouldnt..
just download any free home app from the market
kajolishot said:
Is there any way to disable / kill the sense process (without having root and running a ROM without sense)?
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use titanium backup and freeze sense
I strip Sense out of the ROM's I use. I used to use LPP, but have switched to Go Launcher.
The best cure to keep sense out of your rom is to go with CM6
going with CM is a surefire way of going senseless. but sense based rom are better period. why? you get full use of your Evo! hdmi and 4g. Im on Calks Evio2 rom using LPP and then ran calks remove sense zip and i have never had better battery life. 31 hours with 5% left at plug in.
As for getting sense back. just reboot into recover, wipe cache and dalvik 3x each and reflash whatever rom you had to begin with. wont change anything except give you have the sense launcher.
the best setup for LP is to flash Myns themed LP zip, and then update from the market. then remove sense. this gives you great looking widgets. if you use plus anyways. im always open to help. so pm if needed or hit me up here
Is there any way to install miui launcher to a sense rom..that would be the ultimate..miui home launcher is the most stable n fastest that I have seen..zeam launcher is pretty close to it..adw,launcherpro or golauncherEx has the most customizing settings..what launcher do u guys mostly use
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You could prob try taking it from the rom, the zip file unless it doesnt want to install. Personally, I use ADWLauncherEx.
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I'm getting really tired of HTC Sense, and I don't really want to mess around with launchers at the moment. I'm wanting to basically disable Sense and revert it to the basic android look. Anyone know if this is possible on and unrooted Evo 4G running 2.3.3? And if not, is there a really good launcher that will imitate that look?
well to start, if you "turn off" sense you will need a launcher. Launcher 2 would look the most like what i think you are looking for. just remove all widgets from homescreens on sense and select that launcher as the default.
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you could flash one of these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092221
they have most of sense removed.
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try an aosp rom
I second Launcher2. I was never a fan of the bloatware we know as sense.
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I tried looking up Launcher 2 in the market, but i couldnt find it.
Yea me too. Try Gingerbread Launcher free or Android 2.3 Launcher (Home).
Alternatives are ADW, Go Launcher and Launcher Pro. There are also themes for the launchers to customize them further.
The following are themes to make the launchers look more like stock gingerbread
ADW - here or here
Go Launcher - only found 1 theme but had bad reviews
Launcher Pro - here
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I'd recommend Launcher Pro, there are tons of free themes for it and you can customize almost everything. Both Launcher Pro and ADW are both good, I would try both (they are free in the market) and see which one you like better. I used sense exclusively until I found Launcher Pro, I preferred it over ADW. If you want to completely get rid of sense, then the only option is to root and check out the senseless ROMs that are posted in the development section, or the AOSP ROMs.
Edit: I didn't fully read the post lol
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Hi,
I was getting a little tired of Sense and have seen other "launchers". I understand the principle behind this but I'm unsure of the finer details!
Does running another launcher completely disable Sense? (Stock, not rooted)
Does Sense + Launcher take up RAM or just the current launcher?
Any disadvantages you can think of (trying Nova)?
Thanks
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dannysmith43 said:
Hi,
I was getting a little tired of Sense and have seen other "launchers". I understand the principle behind this but I'm unsure of the finer details!
Does running another launcher completely disable Sense? (Stock, not rooted)
Does Sense + Launcher take up RAM or just the current launcher?
Any disadvantages you can think of (trying Nova)?
Thanks
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If you're completely stock then while the main Sense interface won't be running alongside the new launcher (Apex/Nova) however much of the Sense framwork will be and it will still be ram intensive.
The best option to running an alternative launcher alongside sense would be to root and use something like ROM cleaner to remove as much of Sense as you can or suits you best and to then select the option within the launcher to have it kept in memory to stop crashes or restarts of the launcher itself.
I know how to disable or uninstall HTC sense using Titanium Backup, but when doing so, pressing home launches "Google Now" instead of the default android launcher. How do I replace HTC Sense with a standard android launcher?
Thanks
wardrop said:
I know how to disable or uninstall HTC sense using Titanium Backup, but when doing so, pressing home launches "Google Now" instead of the default android launcher. How do I replace HTC Sense with a standard android launcher?
Thanks
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Ok. There are some roms which include a desensing script. Otherwise I see no real point in uninstalling htc sense unless you really hate it that much, just download apex or nova launcher from the playstore, press the home button once installed chosen launcher and just press always.
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I just wanted to try out the vanilla launcher. Does it have a name? Anyway, I tried a few launches on the app store including Nova, but ended up going with Smart Launcher for now.
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I just wanted to try out the vanilla launcher. Does it have a name? Anyway, I tried a few launches on the app store including Nova, but ended up going with Smart Launcher for now.
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What's wrong with Nova/apex launcher? It's standart android launcher, copy of what nexus devices are using.
+1 to that Rofos, you can't remove sense if your not on Custom ROM.
+ Removing sense gets rid of the pic camera !