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want to go from Sense to AOSP. Can you help me with my transition?

i have been using sense since i got my evo i do enjoy it a lot but after playing with CM6 and other AOSP roms i love the speed and the feel of the rom. the problem is, there are a few things in sense that are absent in aosp that always keep me coming back to sense. do you guys have some recommendations for some of the following problems?
-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
-Is there any better camera apps? the aosp one is fugly
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
-gmail is great, except for the fact that i cant zoom on anything. what do you think the best alternate email app is?
when i look at it written down like this it doesnt really seem like it should be so hard of a transition for me but for some reason it is, lol.
also rather than making a whole new thread, what is the difference between the free version of launcher pro and the donate?

hockey4life0099 said:
i have been using sense since i got my evo i do enjoy it a lot but after playing with CM6 and other AOSP roms i love the speed and the feel of the rom. the problem is, there are a few things in sense that are absent in aosp that always keep me coming back to sense. do you guys have some recommendations for some of the following problems?
-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
-Is there any better camera apps? the aosp one is fugly
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
-gmail is great, except for the fact that i cant zoom on anything. what do you think the best alternate email app is?
when i look at it written down like this it doesnt really seem like it should be so hard of a transition for me but for some reason it is, lol.
also rather than making a whole new thread, what is the difference between the free version of launcher pro and the donate?
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I had heard that you could sync Facebook contacts in the CM6 Nightly, but I am not familiar with that part.
For the dialer, Dialer One from the Market.
Camera, I like FXCamera, Market as well.
Agenda widgets, I dunno, but Launcher Pro Plus has calendar and Contact widgets that mimic the sense ones. Also in the Plus version, you can resize any widgets however you like, just a tap away.
I actually prefer ADW Launcher, mostly cause you can add rows and columns to the homescreen.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!

-linking facebook contacts with current contact (it only works if the names are exactly the same)
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Turn on FB contact sycing from the official app, sounds like you did that already. You could also try to manually link contacts, edit contact, press menu and choose join. You'll see a list of possible accounts (FB included) to join.
-The stock dialer is horrible IMO. i like how in sense i can just tap the keypad and it will search my contacts
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Dialer One. I don't use it, I just enter names from the home screen via the Google search widget or use Voice commands.
-any good agenda widgets? i like the one in sense the best so far
-are there any good facebook stream widgets like friendstream?
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Purchase Launcher Pro. Not free but it's the best purchase you can possibly make when using CM.
-what aosp kernal gives me the best combo of speed and battery? in your opinion
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I use Snap 7.5. It possibly gives the best battery life of any ROM/Kernel combo, Sense ROMs included.

Jorte calendar is nice, and its free!

thanks guys. currently i have my phone unrooted because i needed to take it to the sprint store, but when i finally get my replacement ill load cm6 on there. i think im gonna try launcherpro and dialer one. still dont know what kernal to use though. does snap 7.5 have better battery than 7.6 w/ turbo? ill give that agenda widget a shot too. hopefully this time i can make that full transition.

[Q] about linked contact in froyo

I was installed CM7, wonder about my loved feature missing about linking contact with facebook, gmail contact ?
so just wonder about have to install any addons or new contact manager ?

btw, I also saw a in notification has a control button ? is that came with ginger or we can install it seperately ?

It's a feature of CM. It can be installed seperately though. Many apps in the market allow that, but, they obviously aren't as coherent as having it built in. Example of such apps are Power Control (Plus), Extended Controls etc

[Q] SMS App optimized for ICS

I've been using Handcent on my Gingerbread device (the HTC INC) and I just got my GNex. I'm wondering if there are any ICS optimized SMS apps (other than the stock, I don't like the options it gives me) out there.
I don't mind Handcent so much, but I don't really like GoSMS or Chomp, just wondering if there were any better ones out there in the world.

handcent is.

I use handcent too, and it doesnt scroll very smoothly. None of the text apps seem smooth on ics yet including stock sms. Hope this changes soon.

I also don't like the new set up for handcent...the three home pages...I always accidentally swipe in one direction.
I haven't seen a way to turn it off (which makes sense to me), but I don't like it!

I've always preferred the stock SMS app.. even the stock keyboard.
Sent from the future.

What AOSP apps work in Touchwiz roms?

I've been trying to install apps from CM7 in within Juggs touchwiz rom. MMS/SMS works fine, but I can't seem to get the browser, calendar, contacts, etc... to work.
Am I missing something? or do these need to be properly ported?
I pretty much just yanked files out of Eugenes CM7 alpha kang and pushed them into my /system/app folder. MMS works... but nothing else shows up in my app drawer. I'm interested in:
AOSP Camera
Browser
SMS/MMS
Music
Contacts
Calendar
Phone Dialer
Do these need lib files to function?

Customizing Your Notifications/Ringtones On E4GT

I have been on the look out for sometime for an app that did what WhoIsIt did for customizing your Ringtones/SMS/Notifications and vibrate settings in Gingerbread for ICS. WhoIsIt currently will allow you set Custom ringtones and SMS notification sounds, but the vibrate settings are totally broken. Also the notifications for apps like Gmail that are supported in the program no longer work. In order to customize the notification sounds for apps, you'll need to change the settings in each app which can become time consuming instead of the central management that was provided by WhoIsIt in GingerBread. My current solution is to:
Use WhoIsIt to customize my Ringtones and SMS sounds. I then use ViBe to use custom Vibrate settings for specific contacts. And finally Notifications for apps like Gmail, I usually change the notifications in each one.
If anyone knows of a less involved solution for ICS based ROMS, please feel free to let me know, Also i hope I might have been somewhat informative to those that have ran into this issue when trying to use an App like WhoIsIt to customize there phone.

Just use Zedge works for me
From the 2nd galaxy

I used to use Ringdroid, which from what I can tell, does not work on ICS either.

rmikulus said:
I used to use Ringdroid, which from what I can tell, does not work on ICS either.
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Works fine for me on ics. However i did realize all my ringtones i created on gb are gone.. But if i make new ones they work.
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