I was wondering if anyone would think it possible with out too much hassle to mod the framework so that we get rid of the Sense task switcher and instead get the vanilla version?
I'm a developer myself but have little experience with Android but would love to look into this if you'd think it possible.
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I just want to get rid of this Sense UI stuff. After coming from a Droid the Sense UI is very busy looking and doesn't really offer me a lot above the plain 2.1. I'd love just a vanilla Android ROM that had everything working (cameras, 4G, etc). Does such a thing exist?
Cyanogen will be out soon..I suggest following that for AOSP 2.2
I'll keep my eye on CM, wasn't sure what it was, exactly. Thanks for the reply.
The nightly builds of CM are fantastic. I've had extremely minimal issues with them, and I've been using them as my daily since they were released.
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I just want to get rid of this Sense UI stuff. After coming from a Droid the Sense UI is very busy looking and doesn't really offer me a lot above the plain 2.1. I'd love just a vanilla Android ROM that had everything working (cameras, 4G, etc). Does such a thing exist?
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You don't need a ROM, you can turn off Sense on the Evo and use vanilla Android if you want.
From the home screen, go to settings - Applications - scroll down and choose HTC SENSE - press Remove Defaults - press Home button and you'll get a pop up asking you to choose between Sense and the stock UI, click use as default and choose stock and you're done.
You'll get default home screens, launcher, and 3D app drawer like the NEXUS ONE, on the flip side you can still use the great Sense widgets and apps.
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Is it possible to somehow remove the protection that means sense widgets only work with rosie? I love some of them but also really like go launcher pro, so is there a way of porting them? You can get all the apk's out of /system/app but then no idea what would happen from there.
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I read somewhere here that Sense widgets arent real Android widgets ie they dont have the same structure and things.
Therefore they only work on Sense because that is designed to be able to read that different sort of coding. Its not protection in any way, just coding mismatch which doesnt allow it to work without Sense.
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Is it possible to somehow remove the protection that means sense widgets only work with rosie? I love some of them but also really like go launcher pro, so is there a way of porting them? You can get all the apk's out of /system/app but then no idea what would happen from there.
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It's the sense framework they rely on, so if you aren't running that the widgets wont run.
So could the framework be made to run on top/in the background but invisibly? That way the widgets could sit on top or have access to the necessary code?
It may be possible to have a "virtual" framework as you're saying but that would really eat up system resources so maybe its not worth it.
Three words.... Launcher Pro Plus....
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Hey Guys and Girls,
I love roms,I am always flashing new ones but I have an idea and I need help getting it.So I like sense but love gingerbread,the thing i love about sense is the lock screen where i can drag the apps to the bubble.Thats pretty much it,so I want to have gingerbread as my actual home screen,app screen,and for my keyboard.I know this sounds pretty crazy but can anyone help me find a rom or apps that can help my obtain this.Answers to this quetion would be very appreciated
install a sense rom then install a launcher from the market
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Agile lock from the market is a nice sense 3.0 lockscreen clone. Its still inferior as the software is a little edgy and there aren't any sms previews like the sense 3.0 one has. I currently use this with CM7 along with sms popup from the market and it works great.
Otherwise download a stable sense rom with the sense 3.0 lockscreen (Nils Gingersense, Synergy) and use a different launcher.
There's also SupraROM which is an AOSP Sense 3.0 mix, but I'm not sure if it has the sense lockscreen.
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I know when I ran MIUI about a month ago there was a Sense ring lockscreen you could install in Theme Manager. The downside was I couldn't figure out how to pick what apps other than the ones it gave you. Maybe that's changed, not sure there.
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I know when I ran MIUI about a month ago there was a Sense ring lockscreen you could install in Theme Manager. The downside was I couldn't figure out how to pick what apps other than the ones it gave you. Maybe that's changed, not sure there.
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Ah right, I forgot about this option.
I do believe that they can be changed. You have to edit a text file though so its not as easy as HTC makes it. There's a MIUI lockscreen thread with a few of those sense ring lockscreen alternatives. However they all have one thing in common: when releasing the ring, the screen immediately unlocks. No cool "fly through the ring" effect.
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Div033 is correct on the MIUI sense 3.0 lockscreens, they look pretty much identical but lack the fancy animation.
I'm not sure what the OP means by this:
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so I want to have gingerbread as my actual home screen,app screen,and for my keyboard.
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By gingerbread, do you mean the stock AOSP look? Because if so, you could use agile lock on CM7, like has already been mentioned, or maybe try the synergy rom with the warm theme. It has the sense 3.0 lockscreen but is themed with quite a few AOSP gingerbread elements.
I'm appreciating the work put into the Sense 3.5 ROM (here) but it seems that the true visual differences of Sense 3.5 are quick launch and clock and maybe a few other widgets (Note, FB Chat).
Could it work to pull those widgets/apps into Sense 3.0 until a 3.5 ROM is fully developed?
Was just about to ask this. i even like the phone/app drawer icons better than the arch. hopefully this can be done. i was looking around in the files but not a dev so dont know how to go about it.
this would be so cool. Im a noob so i took the applciation out of the 3.5rom and put it on the 3.0 rom and no go.. hopefully there is a way..
Hey,
I've just installed the Android Revolution HD Rom and purged it from Sense apps and launcher using ROM Cleaner.
However I also would like to get rid of the Sense status bar (which is pretty awful in my opinion, it's the main reason I want to get rid of Sense).
I read on several topics that deleting Rosie.apk from the phone removes the launcher, but nothing for the status bar.
Is there any way to achieve this? (other than getting a "desensed" ROM, I'd like to keep Sense's lock screen and some widgets)
Thank you.