Hey, I was wondering if it is possible to get rid of sense without being rooted and with the stock 1.28 rom? I was also wondering how much battery life it would save me etc, thanks!
You can't het rid of sense but can get rid of Rosie (sense launcher) this won't save much on battery unless you have widgets continuously updating, search the market for ADW or go launcher and give them a try
can't without being rooted
If you root you can download Android Revolution HD 4.0 which is Sense free, haven't used it myself.
Or Nova Launcher from the market is a good replacement for Rosie (HTC Launcher)
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So after looking through the home screens I see there are multiple choices each with its own positives and negatives, I was wondering what the XDA users prefer?
As far as I can see there is:
*HTC Sense
*ADW Launcher
*GO Launcher
*Launcher Pro
*HeLauncher
*Zeam
*A few different gingerbread launchers
Those are the more heard of ones. So back to the original question, what is the "best" launcher?
definition of "best" is open to interpretation
Sense or Zeam
Sense for strong devices
Zeam for the weaker ones
liljom said:
Sense or Zeam
Sense for strong devices
Zeam for the weaker ones
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What do you mean by stronger/weaker devices?
Arent we all using the same dhd, just different rom's?
Launcher pro plus here its very lightweight and very fast its also the first and only app I have paid for
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sense liked it on WM and love it on android
DN41
DN41 said:
sense liked it on WM and love it on android
DN41
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Yeah, me too. You know it makes sense.
I'll try launcher pro, if I dislike it back to sense
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sense liked it on WM and love it on android
DN41
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My vote goes to Launcher pro. The customizability of the launcher is very nice.
Sense on the other hand has been tweaked to the end. The widgets are great. Only thing is, I don't like the big launcher taking up so much space, with only 3 functions. Where the customize button is the least usefull of the three lol. Furthermore, sense can be quite slow sometimes.
You might try CircleLauncher Light too (or the paid version).
It's a Widget but it's not bad.
Example here.
Launcher Pro Plus. Uses less power than Sense UI.
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iAltair said:
Launcher Pro Plus. Uses less power than Sense UI.
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Can you use launcher pro plus on Cyanogen Mod or is there a way to stop sense starting up on leeroids rom?
You can use Launcher Pro on any ROM and on Sense Roms you can't remoove sense. If you don't want sense then Cyanogen or MIUI is the way for you.
Personally, I like HTC widgets, so I'm going with Sense.
erezak said:
Personally, I like HTC widgets, so I'm going with Sense.
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I agree that is one thing I like about HTC Sense is their widgets.
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You can use Launcher Pro on any ROM and on Sense Roms you can't remoove sense. If you don't want sense then Cyanogen or MIUI is the way for you.
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What Cyanogen version should I use if I chose to?
Oh ok never really looked at MIUI
I do like leeroids though..
If your happy with how sense looks it works fine.
If you like to completly control look of phone launcherpro or adw ex are awsome.
I'm firmly settled now on Launcherpro Plus using Non-Sense version of Revolution rom to get rid of all the htc sense stuff and love it.
Zeam
My vote goes for Zeam...
I used Launcher Pro (which I bought) for a long time, but I found it very heavy after trying Zeam launcher;
I find Zeam Launcher is quite the same as Launcher Pro, but lighter...
(My Desire HD is running under CyanogenMod 6.1.3 right now)
Nico
I've tried ADW and LP when I had a Hero but always come back to Sense because I like the HTC Widgets, specifically the flip clock and all the settings widgets.
If it wasn't for that, I'd probably go with LP as it seems the most customizable.
Don't forget you can still modify the look of Sense if you don't mind editing the framework-res.apk or using some of the custom mods and themes that people on XDA have created.
I'm using ADW EX, loving the customisation it offers, also a fan of sense cause of the widgets, but after paying for a couple good ones like Beautiful Weather for clock and weather like sense do it, and Widget Locker for full customizabel lock screen, im never going back to sense again as i now have all the same features sense provided that i wanted to keep
Launcher Pro Plus because it is lightweight
I'm trying out a new launcher (ZEAM) and it looks like HTC Sense still stays open in the background.. how do I get rid of it completely? I don't want 2 launchers running..
Also - anyway to use the HTC Widgets on Zeam? I love the Calendar widget and the weather/clock one
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I'm trying out a new launcher (ZEAM) and it looks like HTC Sense still stays open in the background.. how do I get rid of it completely? I don't want 2 launchers running..
Also - anyway to use the HTC Widgets on Zeam? I love the Calendar widget and the weather/clock one
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Here is calkulins flashable zip that will completely remove HTC sense from your phone. This will also remove all sense widgets I believe. Also, I have never used Zeam launcher, but I would speculate that you can't use HTC sense widgets on it (at least you cant with launcher pro or adw launcher). They only work with sense. There are quite a few other widgets out there though that look very similar to HTC's widgets.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/cgddget1gztbc5h/Calkulin's_Remove_Sense.zip
Also here is a link to calk's page that all sorts of mods/tweaks/goodies and such. Useful bookmark. They work on pretty much any sense rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785271
Hi,
I just upgraded to customised 3.0.8 and everything went fine. The leedroid rom has a number of widgets that do not appear under adw.
Is there a way I can switch between the perseid sense and adw?
Thanks
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The only way you'll be able to do it is to not have a default launcher, and just keep pressing the home button to use what you want at the time.
If you really want to use ADW all the time, why not check out apps? Depending on what widgets you want, check some apps such as "Beautiful Widgets" or "Fancy Widgets" they hold some fantastic replacement for Sense widgets, and obviously don't need Sense to run them.
Dan.
Swyped from my Oxygenated HTC Desire
Is there a way to disable the Sense UI on wildfire s?
I've found a lot instructions to turn it of, but they seem not to work on gingerbread. So did anyone found a way to restore or install the old fashioned android ui?
Thanks & Cheers
So, you need to fully off it? Or only launcher. You can install other launcher(There are many good launchers in market, including standard 2.3), and, if you want, delete with root uninstaller system apps that you don't want to see on ur phone.
There are no roms without sense right now, waiting for a normal port of CyanogenMod7.
yes, would be nice to fully off it, but just to have a look if i like the standard one. (so i dont want to erase the whole thing)
cyanogen mod would be rly nice, but they still have problems with porting the bluetooth and stuff. but yes, im looking forward to flash it, as soon as possible.
what launcher includes the standard 2.3, can u tell me?
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what launcher includes the standard 2.3, can u tell me?
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There are one launcher(Gingerbread launcher) - standard gingerbread launcher without settings, i think, pretty sluggish... I would recommend a "LauncherPro" - Very good launcher with much of settings, too smooth.. And. if you wish, will look like standard 2.3 launcher, but too better. But other launchers won't disable Sense at all ))
There is no possible to remove Sense UI. You can put alternative launcher, but this is not what you want. You will need some alt. ROM, but there is not much released yet, that will give you what you want.
well thanks guys.
so i'm gonna wait for an clean wfs rom.
You can also use a launcher, choose default actions to use only the Launcher when asked (I recommand LauncherPro or GoLauncher).
Then you go to applications management and erase HTC Sense data so it will occupy 0Mb on your internal memory.
Out of curiosity why would anyone want to remove the Sense UI, it's one of the best Stock Launchers I've come across, Sony Ericssons Launchers are rubish compared to Sense, the Stock Gingerbread Launcher is rubish compared to Sense, the only other Stock Launcher that isn't that bad that I've seen is the LG Optimus Chat (C550) froyo Launcher?
But for other Launchers adw Launcher is quite a good Launcher and very coustomizable.
Roland
I rooted my phone, downloaded and installed Stock Gingerbread Launcher and then used root file explorer and went into system/apps, then deleted Rosie and restarted my phone then went back and located the HTCLockscreen and deleted that and I now have a 2.3 Stock Looking Gingerbread Home Screen With Widgets, and A Stock Gingerbread Lockscreen, has nice Nexus S Looking Clock on the lockscreen too!!!!
In HTC supertool v3 there is a de-sense option. Haven't tried it though..
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I like Sense but blinkfeed is just insanely hogging my battery. How to get rid of this?
I have rooted M8 (Insertcoin ROM)
knights.JayTana said:
I like Sense but blinkfeed is just insanely hogging my battery. How to get rid of this?
I have rooted M8 (Insertcoin ROM)
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Just pinch sense launcher to zoom out, then long press blinkfeed and drag it to the trash.
I did that but still running in background.
Is there way to delete it in system/app folder?
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I did that but still running in background.
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BlinkFeed will still run as long as you're running the stock launcher as its called BlinkFeed. If you're rooted you can install nova/apex/etc and remove BlinkFeed launcher from the system partition if you don't want it running at all.
BlinkFeed is part of the HTC sense launcher and is fully embedded in the prism.apk file ! You can't remove that.
So sense launcher without BlinkFeed is not possible.
Blinkfeed the widget is part of Blinkfeed the launcher. However, disabling the widget will solve the problem you are describing.
Just use Nova, freeze BlinkFeed....done. not sure why you want to hold on to the launcher since you aren't using its key feature. ?
i want to get rid of it, any way to install trebuchet and get rid totally of blinkfeed