[SDK] Android 4.0 and some leaked ICS stuff! - Desire General

GPL source code for the 4.0 / r14 SDK
Android 4.0 Platform SDK
Highlights
Some leaks:
ICS Wallpapers - Download
Roboto Font - http://bit.ly/nKvZlh
Here is the /system partiton - http://bit.ly/q8Wb3S
Here is the /system/app folder - http://bit.ly/pamKdr
Nexus Prime Bootanimation

Am i the only one who wanna throw sense in the garbage when this becomes available!?

I want ICS too... clear ICS like on galaxy nexus...

@KasperHermansen
No, you are not the only one. Count me in!!!

are the devs working on it?
do we have a timescale?

Is the source code of honeycomb available now?

we only need the ICS source code (not available yet)

a System Dump is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309620

looks beautiful
only thing i will miss from sense is weather widget (the big ones and the small ones with clock) and calendar widget (android one is too ugly.)

I dont think I will switch from Sense to ICS as long as they dont improve the stock android email client (not gmail)...
It lacks even basic features such as selecting multiple emails for deleting/moving etc...
And in the ICS presentation, they only talked about the new gmail client... :/

Well they are obviously going to promote Gmail more since its a G app... but yeah, the stock Email app kinda sucks... We'll have to wait and see if they made any improvements in ICS... but I highly doubt it...
As for Sense dumping... Im all in! As soon as we get an ICS build for our pretty device, im aboard!
Im curious as to wether we can use our hw buttons and completely dismiss the on screen ones for more screen real estate... We can use the now obsolete Search button for multitasking...

First post updated.
Dont try to use the apps yet as they are compatible with ICS only!

SDK port is always made while the devs wait for source, so i'm waiting for someone to cook a ROM with the SDK and to try it.
The source probably come out with the Galaxy Nexus so we have to wait till the end of November, is a long month coming

Furma said:
looks beautiful
only thing i will miss from sense is weather widget (the big ones and the small ones with clock) and calendar widget (android one is too ugly.)
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To me Pure Grid Calendar and Go Weather have been good replacement for Sense widgets. I'm using MIUI which is wonderful. From what I've read, much of the new ICS stuff is already built in MIUI.

G2 has got an alpha port: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309854
Cmon Desire Devs where are u?

DJ_Jedi said:
G2 has got an alpha port: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309854
Cmon Desire Devs where are u?
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That release boots. And that's about it. As in, that's actually it. It's nowhere near being usable, and it's on a different device as well.
In other words, my God man, calm down. Give our devs some time! ICS has only been here for about 16 seconds and a half.

I would love to see a new rom with Android 4.0 So...where to spend my money?

ICS looks like inconsistent garbage. iOS and WP7 are light years ahead.

Terepin said:
ICS looks like inconsistent garbage. iOS and WP7 are light years ahead.
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Written by an android user?!........Well i guess that despite your signature, you did not think before buying your handset than. You should of gone and bought a wp7 or ios device and look at the same homescreen every day for years to come. For me this is brilliant. It's all that android is and all other systems are not. Clean, simple, fast, revolutionary yet very beautiful and it's probably customizable to the max.

I think Terepin had some serious brain washing.
Light years ahead? Can you be more exact and give some examples?

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Vanilla Android 1.5/1.6 on HTC Hero howto needed

After having used my Hero for 1 week now, I grew tired of the sense UI.
I do not need the HTC widgets, or the keyboard/ custom contact lists or 7 homescreens.
That is why I want to run the original vanilla 1.6/donut on my HTC Hero.
I don't want any custom roms, because I trust that Google is able to make the OS fast as it is. Plus I hate custom hacks and things I don't know about which somebody put in.
So can anyone give instructions on how to do this?
(Plus will the camera, buttons, lights still work?)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567672
You could however just start using the standard Android interface instead of Sense and that way skip all the HTC apps.
kosmiq said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567672
You could however just start using the standard Android interface instead of Sense and that way skip all the HTC apps.
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Thanks! I could not find that topic through the search (came up with people who want updated 1.6 on Sense UI however).
I Understood that I can use the standard interface, which I am doing at the moment. This only works for the homescreen though. The colors, and contact lists are still hero (spammed with flckr twitter, facebook, etc) Also the keyboards are still hero this way.
I have a feeling it is still in the memory, because my friends G1 (1.5) seems to run faster, even though the specs are the same (save for 7200/7201 cpu)
Bear in mind that it's quite unlikely that you'll be able to get everything up and running on Donut, as it really requires the kernel source for Hero to be released. I'm not saying that it's impossible, as a lot of good work has already been completed, but without the kernel source it is a good order of magnitude harder!
Regards,
Dave
Sorry, I cannot seem to change the title.
I would also be happy with Vanilla 1.5 on my Hero, as I don't need the features. It is to my understanding that the HTC Magic is running 1.5 android, without the Sense UI. I am currently searching if somebody successfully ported 1.5 vanilla to the hero.
(with successfully I mean with everything working).
I would even be content if I can use my hero firmware, while restoring the original google apps, contact list, keyboard, homescreen, lockscreen etc.
so a htc 1.5 rom with turned-off sense is not good enough for you? might become difficult then, for two obvious reasons:
1. there is no official rom for hero without sense ui (why would they, they spend a lot of time and effort to create this great ui)
2. there is no inofficial rom for hero without sense ui (why would they, their goal is to pack MORE features in the custom builds...)
I have to agree with the thread starter, I'd love the Magic ROM looks, white taskbar and all on my Hero hardware... I'd finally have a working IMAP client as well (using K-9 now since HTC doesn't know how to make a usable app...).
//Nik
I understand, and respect, that a lot of users would prefer the Sense UI on their hardware.
But I want to have the OS as clean as possible.
example:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/android-g1-6-0.jpg
http://www.openintents.org/en/sites/default/files/mediaplaybackactivity1.png
I prefer that to the hero sense UI music player interface.
So maybe somebody with modding experience could help ?
We can use the Hero Sense UI rom, and 'mod' the default android features back. Would that be an option?
It works for the homescreen already, maybe it works also for the other features.
E2K said:
I understand, and respect, that a lot of users would prefer the Sense UI on their hardware.
But I want to have the OS as clean as possible.
example:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/android-g1-6-0.jpg
http://www.openintents.org/en/sites/default/files/mediaplaybackactivity1.png
I prefer that to the hero sense UI music player interface.
So maybe somebody with modding experience could help ?
We can use the Hero Sense UI rom, and 'mod' the default android features back. Would that be an option?
It works for the homescreen already, maybe it works also for the other features.
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best option, wait for HTC to wake up and provide us with the kernel source, then build a fresh android with that....
complain to HTC that they are LATE with providing the sources......
Jesterz said:
best option, wait for HTC to wake up and provide us with the kernel source, then build a fresh android with that....
complain to HTC that they are LATE with providing the sources......
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Thanks for this information. I would like that option, to contact them and complain.
It would only be useful however, if it worked in the past: ie complaining and then getting something done by htc
Check if this might be what you want to accomplish:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...if-you-wanted-to-get-rid-of-rosie-completely/
I'd really, really, really recommend a backup of everything first though. Or simply solve it by renaming the files from something.apk to something.apk.old or similar. That way the apps won't launch and you should be pretty close to vanilla android
kosmiq said:
Check if this might be what you want to accomplish:
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...if-you-wanted-to-get-rid-of-rosie-completely/
I'd really, really, really recommend a backup of everything first though. Or simply solve it by renaming the files from something.apk to something.apk.old or similar. That way the apps won't launch and you should be pretty close to vanilla android
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Thanks for the help!
I saw the link, but this post was discouraging to say the least:
http://android.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=291353&view=findpost&p=1079483
this part:
I just did this but you dont get the plain Android UI
I still have a lot of HTC apps left on my phone:
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I will try it tomorrow however, and I'll make a backup beforehand.
If the calendar, dialer, contact list, music player, and browser turn back into 'regular android', i would be a very happy Hero owner
E2K said:
If the calendar, dialer, contact list, music player, and browser turn back into 'regular android', i would be a very happy Hero owner
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The calendar, music player and browser can be turned back: I have the regular ones on my Hero.
frandavid100 said:
The calendar, music player and browser can be turned back: I have the regular ones on my Hero.
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That is good news!
Did you also use this method: "root", then input all the commands as suggested by MoDaCo?
Wasn't there something like 'Rosie remover' for the hero? A program / process that patched / modified your running Hero to remove all / most of the HTC stuff from the current ROM.
dipje said:
Wasn't there something like 'Rosie remover' for the hero? A program / process that patched / modified your running Hero to remove all / most of the HTC stuff from the current ROM.
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Yes,
http://android.modaco.com/content/h...m/291477/13-08-1-0-modaco-hero-rosie-remover/
But it did not remove the htc apps fully
I know this thread is old, but this is exactly what the poster was looking for:
(add the h-t-t-p) forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=607865
Vanilla 1.5 minus the HTC bloat. I installed it this weekend and it works very well. I cant post a link as a new poster. Sorry!

[REQUEST]An open request to rom devs for a finished AOSP ROM

Hello,
Having used lox devs dev Eclair AOSP ROM I've realised how lacking the Hero is in its standard form - general speed of use and just the way the system feels.
In short I love using 2.0 with none of the HTC bloatware, its a shame as I don't think the ROM devs think there is much call for this - Hopefully in this thread everyone who agrees will shout up.
Obviously the dev one has its issues - sync, random crashes on phone function, etc, but I'm happy to work with it if I know there is development coming.
It would be great for one of the devs to take the project on board, knowing there is community support for this. I'm sure I'm not the only person who feels this way.
Unfortunately I'm no way programmingly minded and struggle with linux at the best of times, never mind thinking about coding, but I'd donate/support/playtest any work in progress clean android *latest version* ROM for the Hero.
Sorry...subtract 1 No. I am not an android Dev..but have been drinking Leffe
anybody got anything to add to this?
i will request Lox_Dev to update this rom when he gets some free time as i know he is working hard to get Eclair 2.1 done. I and a friend of mine is using 2.0 AOSP for last 5 days and none of us is complaining with basic features. all look good.
just 2-3 things need to be fixed.
* cant set own wallpaper as album/gallery app isnt there.
* bluetooth pairs but cant send/receive files
* camera works upto 3 megapixel.
otherwise i dont find any major problem with AOSP 2.0. i dint face a single hang in 5 days and neither did my friend.
Well, first off all. The current 2.0 / 2.1 builds all run very laggy and crappy. It is as if the video drivers aren't using any acceleration at all or something.
In Lox's 2.0 clean build (which I've used for the past few days) every bit of animation except the lockscreen goes laggy. Scrolling through the menu, opening the menu, opening the notifications... it never goes as smooth as on the 1.5 based ROMS.
I'm in no way complaining, don't get me wrong. I'm very interested in using a stock android experience but so far nothing is working good yet. The 1.6 based tries don't support all the hardware, and the 2.0 / 2.1 based ROMs aren't up to speed.
This is more than understandable ofcourse. The 2.0 / 2.1 based ROMS are based on leaked alpha / beta work which just isn't ready yet, and 1.6 differs too much from the stock android ROM to get all the hardware working OK.
So my hope is that when HTC releases their 2.0 / 2.1 official ROM, we can use it to make a clean vanilla Android 2.x experience which runs as snappy as our current HTC 1.5 versions, and still with all the hardware working OK. Maybe even with a guide how to 'backup' or transfer the googlebits from the official 2.x ROM.
A clean 2.x ROM, but with the googlebits, and with the HTC music player + album + camera + browser... now that would be awesome.
Starting a thread like this isn't really much use right now, since we only have buggy laggy 2.x bits from a leaked ROM to get stuff working.
dipje said:
A clean 2.x ROM, but with the googlebits, and with the HTC music player + album + camera + browser... now that would be awesome.
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Ha, ridiculous. Seriously I don't get people's issue with Sense UI, if you don't want it fine.. But deal with the fact that you're losing HTC apps as well.
kwiksand said:
But deal with the fact that you're losing HTC apps as well.
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omg how am I ever gonna live without a laggy browser, calendar, contact list or sms application?
It would be the best thing ever, IMO.
And nobody needs to be offended, those who want sense UI can just use that
Exactly! So stop flooding Hero (HTC) ROM threads with useless crap about wanting a ROM minus Rosie/Sense UI, E2K you've been the worst offender?!?!
You must be happy now that a almost fully functional AOSP ROM's in the wild!
kwiksand said:
Exactly! So stop flooding Hero (HTC) ROM threads with useless crap about wanting a ROM minus Rosie/Sense UI, E2K you've been the worst offender?!?!
You must be happy now that a almost fully functional AOSP ROM's in the wild!
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Happy?? I am more happy than ever! (regarding the hero)
Also very thankful that the developers got their sh*t together and are pumping out roms like real pro's.
THe devs should be called "hero" not this 2007 pos A7200 cellphone
kwiksand said:
Ha, ridiculous. Seriously I don't get people's issue with Sense UI, if you don't want it fine.. But deal with the fact that you're losing HTC apps as well.
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wtf is wrong with stating what would be a nice combo in my opinion? I even started by saying that for now there should be no hope and 'just requesting it to the devs' right now is bonkers. When a good HTC 2.x ROM comes along the devs have something to play with, until then this thread was useless... and still you gonna call that ridiculous? Your even saying that to a user who has tried a vanilla ROM for the whole of 30 hours before running back to my nandroid backup with MCR on it.
Go troll somewhere else please, or at least read the posts carefully and whole you're going to attack.

[Q] What would you like the Chefs to make??

As a developer myself, just no in the tech field, I find it helpful to know what other want so that I can produce the best. I'm sure that most of you do this because it's something that YOU personally want and or like. I deeply appreciate the work that has gone into such wonderful ROM's and I can't wait to see more.
As for me, I've tried out RR, CM, SR, Frank, Jager, ASOP, and a few other odds and ends.
It seems to me there should be a blend. A blend between Sense and well....nonsense.
Currently, I'm on the Ultimate ASOP. This ROM has been amazing because of the ability to customize. Like every ROM, there are quirks or just small things that bother me, but it's SOOOO close to greatness, IMHO. I like a lot about a lot of ROMS but if they're lacking Sense then I miss that. If they have Sense, I miss the customizing of the Non Sense. My question is, can the two be made to be CommonSense?
What I'm talking about is a ROM that combines a little bit of the HTC Sense side with the applications and setting and customization of the Non HTC Sense ROMs. For instance, the email application in the Driod root IMHO opinion is much better then the Sense one. You can easily check multiple emails and the default background is back. What if you could have Sense, but change the lock screen to something different and be able to add different themes easily? There are several instances where the two could be combined to make CommonSense. And, if you have some ideas please share!
I guess i'm just looking for ideas from others that I can take a pitch to a Chef along with a few $$$ to make a ROM that'll do just that. Is there anyone else that thinks the same or I am the only one riding the HellaNoSense boat?
check out IncDoes AOSP. but you should have posted in q/a or general for future reference
This incredible forums is in desperate need for vanailla Roms AND ASOP kernels
DESPERATE NEED
VANILLA ROMS ARE THE BEST performing and give the most memory
we have great phones and we havent taken full advantage imo from what i have seen so far
i prefer a sense based rom with virtually every sense component gutted aside from dialer and contacts (and other key vital stuff). most users use launcher pro, yet most devs seem to focus their [sense] work around modified rosie. Which doesnt seem to make a ton of sense to me. im sure the launcher pro dev would allow the use of his work cooked into roms with his permission right?
SLOflatlander said:
i prefer a sense based rom with virtually every sense component gutted aside from dialer and contacts (and other key vital stuff). most users use launcher pro, yet most devs seem to focus their [sense] work around modified rosie. Which doesnt seem to make a ton of sense to me. im sure the launcher pro dev would allow the use of his work cooked into roms with his permission right?
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actually no. LP isnt open source. thats also whay CM uses ADW rather than LP
How about a JD froyo MASH-UP! That wud b hot! You know, cause a phone that won't boot gets the best battery life
Edit: I LOVED SR vanilla, but it's a little long in the tooth... at least for now. I still have issues with AOSP stability. But I haven't flashed anything new in a month so maybe I'm full of it.
DS36 said:
This incredible forums is in desperate need for vanailla Roms AND ASOP kernels
DESPERATE NEED
VANILLA ROMS ARE THE BEST performing and give the most memory
we have great phones and we havent taken full advantage imo from what i have seen so far
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Yeap. This.
Minimalism.
Bare bones, minimal special effects, no clutter.
Basically a tiling WM or Openbox layout with basic text menus or no menus with touch commands.
Hopefully I'll be able to get into cooking whenever I get my machine in order. I've been wanting to actually contribute to some coding/hacking projects but I've never found anything of interest that would motivate me... until now :3
BigTSetter said:
... For instance, the email application in the Driod root IMHO opinion is much better then the Sense one. You can easily check multiple emails and the default background is back......
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FYI: the new Sense lets you multi select in the mail widget...Desire HD/Z
I love sense but need a landscape homescreen! I wish rosie could do this because adw and LP drive me nuts! Currently ruining SR. 3.3.3 but will make the switch when I find something that suits my needs...the reason...I frequently use a car dock and I'm on the road for at least2 hours a day
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All I would like is someone to modify the bluetooth stack to support bluetooth keyboards (I have an old iGo keyboard).
I'm still hoping for a webOS port even though that's probably not gonna happen ever
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lexdad86 said:
I'm still hoping for a webOS port even though that's probably not gonna happen ever
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Want. I just wish android took more looks from webOS. It is so beautiful!
The look & feel of the new Sense UI (The Desire Z ROM specifically), the fastest and most optimized speed possible, working camera w/ 720p video (only thing wrong with Desire Z ROM, imo), lots of free memory, clear of all the bloatware apps, aaaaaaaaaaaaand.... Ability to quickly change theme settings (transparency, selection colors, etc).
Oh, and great dev support.
ToyTank said:
How about a JD froyo MASH-UP! That wud b hot! You know, cause a phone that won't boot gets the best battery life
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Bahahaha!!
DS36 said:
This incredible forums is in desperate need for vanailla Roms AND ASOP kernels
DESPERATE NEED
VANILLA ROMS ARE THE BEST performing and give the most memory
we have great phones and we havent taken full advantage imo from what i have seen so far
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http://www.droidforums.net/forum/lithiummod/89559-lithium-mod-returns-more-devices.html
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My perfect rom would be:
Sense based Vanilla rom
htc keyboard
htc camera
htc gallery
htc contacts
either HTC facebook or contacts syncable with market facebook.
emmc working properly
adw built in
customizations avalable in cyanogen's latest rom
power widget built in to notification pull down.
figure out how to change the answer/silence to tabs
reboot option in power menu
6 signal bars
htc battery icon with %
keep the colored sense settings menu icons.
tab or rotary music controls (hidden when not in use)
thats all i can think of.
Having tried just about every ROM out there (and a couple of them a number of times) I think the problem I run into is there are little things here and there that I like about each.
All of our tastes are different, thus we like different things. Some people like the circle battery mod, some people like the rotary lock screen, etc etc...
What would be really cool is if there were a way to easily choose the specific mods you wanted... kinda like picking out options on a new car.
Ultimately, I think the answer is a dev that is willing to build you a custom ROM to your exact specifications. Of course, this would come with a price tag, but hey, it's exactly what you wanted (and it would be worth it IMO... any takers LOL).
In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out how to get what it is that I want and experiment. It's been fun, frustrating at times, and I still don't have everything I like, but at least we have lots of options to choose from, and I'm learning something new in the process
Is it not possible to build a Rom with a bunch of on off switches that allow you to select sense or no sense , or give you the option for circle battery vs stock ....
IMO.... this would be the ULTIMATE Rom .....
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@ The OP: Maybe you should initiate a poll.

[Q] [REQ] Motoblur Rom with Sense, possible?

Hi there,
I was just wondering if it is possible to build a rom with htc sense in it. It would be nice if I even could install some of the sense widgets.
Thanks
shyd
you sure you want that?
i think htc sense is pretty ****ty
who knows what are these options in the defy, red point circle for example when you highlight some parts of the text and the magnifier pops up so that you know what you're selecting
i like that,
and the 2 sticks at the end and start of the text youre selecting
are these parts of motoblur or i can get them on other phones?
not sure you'll get anyone to port a Sense ROM to the defy but there are plenty of 'Sense'-like widgets out there. Id recommend Weather and Clock widgets and also LauncherPro (if you get the paid 'plus' version you get something that resembles FriendStream and various other great widgets).
I have a HTC Desire (and therefore Sense) but rarely dip back into the Sense Launcher or widgets these days .....
It's possible but it has legal risk, HTC might indict the developer who transplant HTC Sense to other devices.
mariu$ said:
you sure you want that?
i think htc sense is pretty ****ty
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Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.
The OP's wish to have Sense is at least as valid as your comments.
Personally speaking, I'd say there's no arguing that Sense is a million times better than Blur.
Unlike Blur which is an unmitigated disaster, it actually makes the phone easier/better to use in a number of ways.
A friend for the Desire yesterday and I was helping her set it up, even things like linking your contacts list to your facebook account are just night and day better than the crap Motorola have dumped on us.
I know it's hardly the most important feature of a phone but in many ways that's my point, even the little extras are just so much better than how Blur handles even the basics.
Now I'm not saying I want Sense as a whole on my phone, I'm much happier with LauncherPro but I wouldn't mind some of it's features, that's for sure.
I like sense rom's and perfer them over the latest and greatest CM Vanillas. I have a G2 and have scored a stable 2800+ with Virtuous Sense Rom, and have run vanilla CM's and don't feel i'm missing anything in performance or options. Sense for me is where its at, blur has a few nice things but as a package it suxs. As for is it possible, I'm sure it is, if HTC's next "high End" device implimented Motorola Boot protection, I gaurentee it would be cracked, its just that the Defy is considered midrange which it is (yet its potential is great) and doesn't get the attention that the flag ship products like the Nexus S get.
mariu$ said:
you sure you want that?
i think htc sense is pretty ****ty
who knows what are these options in the defy, red point circle for example when you highlight some parts of the text and the magnifier pops up so that you know what you're selecting
i like that,
and the 2 sticks at the end and start of the text youre selecting
are these parts of motoblur or i can get them on other phones?
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Thanks guys, I took a look at several LauncherPro Widgets and found some nice ones.
Now scrolling between homescreens is even smoother than in motoblur!

[ATTN] Nexus 2.3.3 OTA is live

http://twitter.com/#!/googlenexus/status/40221838743179264
It's official!
OTA url. Do not flash this zip. It is for ROM cookers only.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...signed-passion-GRI40-from-FRG83G.81304b2d.zip
UPDATE
I've just noticed that this thread has been moved from the development section. For those who aren't aware of the significance of this update, it is useful to us Desire owners because it will allow us to use stock, AOSP based Gingerbread ROMs with improved stability, graphics performance and battery life. It will also also give ROM makers more straightforward access to camera hardware.
goodbye bootloops!!
Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One. Be patient, may take a few weeks for OTA to complete.
this is news.
a good news. I can't wait to try it .
Great news,here we,HTC DesirE users can not wait to download via OTA now...
That's some great news, but since I read that HTC (pocketnow.com/android/gingerbread-coming-to-htc-desire-this-spring-or-summer) is waiting for the Desire S to come out first, we Desire users might have to wait quite a while before getting an official update!?
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Yes, that's true... if you have some sort of love affair with HTC Sense!
I've the new Sense (Froyo build) from RCMixHD on my Desire and have to say... it's okay but man is there a lot of HTC crap running on it!
Since most of us are running Cyanogenmod, Oxygen, etc... it's great news for us! We'll have a nice clean ROM in a matter of weeks (if not days). So I don't see how HTC dragging their feet matters at all. And just so you know, another reason they (HTC) might be slow to upgrade is because the new Desire S and Wildfire S models are coming, and they've changed so little on them that I'm sure they want to give users more (artificial) reasons to update. Thank god for our Rom Chefs!
I'm waiting for Sense personally, stock Android is fugly - even with different launchers. Only one remotely good is the MIUI launcher
EddyOS said:
I'm waiting for Sense personally, stock Android is fugly - even with different launchers. Only one remotely good is the MIUI launcher
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I agree, MIUI is great but HTC Sense is beautiful. Stock Android....bleh, it is fast and smooth but ugly. (not quite fugly)
Get in! Looking forward to Oxygen 2.0 final.
seems like we can CM7 RC2 or CM7 final soon!
blud7 said:
I agree, MIUI is great but HTC Sense is beautiful. Stock Android....bleh, it is fast and smooth but ugly. (not quite fugly)
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Stock Android is ugly? Look at my Signature
In my opinion Sense is more beautiful than stock Android, but at least Gingerbread has a black bar instead of the hideous grey bar in 2.2 and also the icons are a bit nicer. Combine 2.3 with LauncherProPlus and a few other tweaks and it looks good. Altough what I really don't understand is why the stock dialer sucks so much. Unable to call a contact by pressing the first few letters of a name... Phones did that already at the turn of the millennium, maybe even before that. (Yes, I have DialerOne)
Really good news for all of us indeed!! Sense and clean Android followers will have our update, and all (our at least most of it) the issues will be fixed!!
Cheers for that!!
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dj-darkside said:
Stock Android is ugly? Look at my Signature
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Ya, but show me ur dialer, ur calendar, ur contacts app, ur settings, ecc? How does these look? Sense look more beautiful, of course aosp is faster and can be customized a lot, but the look of the sense is fantastic
dude the answer for you is miui...
Hopefully it is possible to port the Desire S Android 2.3.x ROM to the old HTC Desire. I think this should work much better then the Desire HD port..
andQlimax said:
Ya, but show me ur dialer, ur calendar, ur contacts app, ur settings, ecc? How does these look? Sense look more beautiful, of course aosp is faster and can be customized a lot, but the look of the sense is fantastic
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Subjective - personally the fat, dark (but not quite black) borders in Sense apps were something I was glad to see the back of.
In fact the aesthetics of Sense were a major motivation in ditching it (I stopped using the Sense launcher within a couple of days, well before rooting).
It's all a matter of taste - but at least we do have options
Large Hadron said:
Subjective - personally the fat, dark (but not quite black) borders in Sense apps were something I was glad to see the back of.
In fact the aesthetics of Sense were a major motivation in ditching it (I stopped using the Sense launcher within a couple of days, well before rooting).
It's all a matter of taste - but at least we do have options
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Is there anything special I need to do if I wish to take advantage of a new ROM which will be based on 2.3.3 stock but still have the chance to take the HTC OTA update for 2.3 when it becomes available??
Thanks
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chris100575 said:
Get in! Looking forward to Oxygen 2.0 final.
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+1
and i think the classic normal android home is nice, in fact, i moved from oxigen to cm6 just because cm6 has the android home
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