Coming from a Nexus device I can firmly say I much prefer the experience of Vanilla Android to Sense UI. Should I fully convert my M8 or just flash the GPE ROM? I'm leaning towards full conversion so I can get OTA updates, but I'd like to know if there are any downsides to conversion. I don't see myself diverting much from Vanilla Android, but I might like to try some custom ROMs in the future.
Victor Fries said:
Coming from a Nexus device I can firmly say I much prefer the experience of Vanilla Android to Sense UI. Should I fully convert my M8 or just flash the GPE ROM? I'm leaning towards full conversion so I can get OTA updates, but I'd like to know if there are any downsides to conversion. I don't see myself diverting much from Vanilla Android, but I might like to try some custom ROMs in the future.
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Just flash a Rom. They get updates too. Then you still have the option of flashing something else. No advantage to doing full conversion. I have had nexus 4 & 5 but I love sense too. Full conversion cannot flash sense roms because of partition sizes.
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Just flash a Rom. They get updates too. Then you still have the option of flashing something else. No advantage to doing full conversion. I have had nexus 4 & 5 but I love sense too. Full conversion cannot flash sense roms because of partition sizes.
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Thanks for the response. Won't I have to go through the hassle of flashing updates if I go the GPE ROM route? I have no desire to use Sense ROMs. In the future I'd maybe be interested in flashing something like CyanogenMod or another OS like Ubuntu Touch if it ever makes it the M8. Could the GPE conversion hinder that?
Victor Fries said:
Thanks for the response. Won't I have to go through the hassle of flashing updates if I go the GPE ROM route? I have no desire to use Sense ROMs. In the future I'd maybe be interested in flashing something like CyanogenMod or another OS like Ubuntu Touch if it ever makes it the M8. Could the GPE conversion hinder that?
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I would think the gpe partitions would be big enough for those. Most of the gpe roms have ota updates too. It's up to you. You can convert back to sense if needed. The only upside I see is a little more free space on phone.
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Victor Fries said:
Coming from a Nexus device I can firmly say I much prefer the experience of Vanilla Android to Sense UI. Should I fully convert my M8 or just flash the GPE ROM? I'm leaning towards full conversion so I can get OTA updates, but I'd like to know if there are any downsides to conversion. I don't see myself diverting much from Vanilla Android, but I might like to try some custom ROMs in the future.
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convert!
I believe that the only advantage of the full conversion, is that you can get the update via OTA.
When an updated version comes out, a new GPE ROM will certainly be made available to flash.
Bye :good:
If you flash the GPE RUU it becomes a GPE phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708589
Yes it does alter partition sizes but there is now a method to flash back to Sense. (see post #2)
Providing you install the GPE stock recovery you can get GPE ota's.
Personally for me it's a no brainer - Love stock and hate sense!
Each to his own.
Do the GPE ROM's or Conversion get the same killer battery life as Sense 6 ?
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Zorachus said:
Do the GPE ROM's or Conversion get the same killer battery life as Sense 6 ?
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My battery life is superb. Never have to charge during the day and I use it quite heavily - wifi/data/bluetooth/music and of course screen on!
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Hi,
Is there anyway to install the HTC One Google Edition Rom on my HTC One? I really don't like the HTC customization but the device itself is awesome.
New to rooting and flashing Roms? Not a joke BTW honestly asking
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Head here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2492743
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Salah9 said:
Hi,
Is there anyway to install the HTC One Google Edition Rom on my HTC One? I really don't like the HTC customization but the device itself is awesome.
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There is no way to get the "Official" GPE on the Verizon HTC One because it is only intended for the GSM HTC One. But the direction that user brholt6 has pointed you in is the closest thing to a GPE HTC One as your going to get. It does require some extra things to be done first, as in S-Off, rooted, and custom recovery, but after that all you have to do is install the ROM.
I don't know your personal level of knowledge on customizing phones, but all the stuff needed is pretty straight forward and can be done following guides on this site and others.
Ahowe125 said:
There is no way to get the "Official" GPE on the Verizon HTC One because it is only intended for the GSM HTC One. But the direction that user brholt6 has pointed you in is the closest thing to a GPE HTC One as your going to get. It does require some extra things to be done first, as in S-Off, rooted, and custom recovery, but after that all you have to do is install the ROM.
I don't know your personal level of knowledge on customizing phones, but all the stuff needed is pretty straight forward and can be done following guides on this site and others.
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Will we have any HTC GPe edition anytime soon?
There's a Google edition rom for 4.4 up now, go check it out!
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ReckerBF4 said:
Will we have any HTC GPe edition anytime soon?
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An official GPE that's compatible with Verizon? I would say it's just about impossible. After the fiasco with the galaxy nexus on Verizon Google doesn't like Verizon and their policies very much
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Hello
There is an excellent 4.4 KitKat ROM based on the Google play edition HTC one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2560831
I'm running this ROM now and it is really smooth. No issues so far. Hope that helps. Pm me if you have questions about the ROM install process and I can direct you to the proper resources.
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thanks
try cyanogenmod
Though you specfically asked about the GPE, CM 11 is at 4.4.2, currently.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2526313
There are a couple of gpe roms in the development section. Santod and joelz have them
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Rocking CM11 now, after a trivial pursuit in rooting
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I've got the GPe and I'm extremely disappointed in the camera quality, at least with the stock camera app. Has anyone used both side by side? How do they compare with the 'optimized' sense camera?
Also, if available, anyone have an APK for the sense camera? The other sense apps like T.V. remote seem to work well without any issue. I'm curious if the APK alone will work on GPe.
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I've got the GPe and I'm extremely disappointed in the camera quality, at least with the stock camera app. Has anyone used both side by side? How do they compare with the 'optimized' sense camera?
Also, if available, anyone have an APK for the sense camera? The other sense apps like T.V. remote seem to work well without any issue. I'm curious if the APK alone will work on GPe.
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Curiously killed the cat I tested the HTC camera app on a converted HTC m8. Force closed..
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This makes no sense to me, but from what I've read all the variants are different models/hardware? Or are they just different radio versions? My point being, if I'm using a GPe using that theory isn't there a chance I'd have different results?
Which variant do you use that you converted?
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This makes no sense to me, but from what I've read all the variants are different models/hardware? Or are they just different radio versions? My point being, if I'm using a GPe using that theory isn't there a chance I'd have different results?
Which variant do you use that you converted?
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I have an att version fully converted as if it was a gpe
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I can see how that would work then, I'm on T-Mobile with my GPe, I didn't realize I'd have network issues until I read it after I bought the device. I still have my Nexus 5, so I'm not worried. I'm really just waiting on the OnePlus One.
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I can see how that would work then, I'm on T-Mobile with my GPe, I didn't realize I'd have network issues until I read it after I bought the device. I still have my Nexus 5, so I'm not worried. I'm really just waiting on the OnePlus One.
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I'm good friends with the OnePlus One crew I'll be getting one.. They have some exciting things up their sleeves.. (I can't say what though) Carl is a good friend of mine. Has been since we was at oppo
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I'm good friends with the OnePlus One crew I'll be getting one.. They have some exciting things up their sleeves.. (I can't say what though) Carl is a good friend of mine. Has been since we was at oppo
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Do you all know where the forum is to root the Gpe HTC M8? and I also cant wait to try out the one plus one phone.
Gotta flash custom recovery and then flash the supersu zip http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip?retrieve_file=1
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Sans143 said:
Do you all know where the forum is to root the Gpe HTC M8? and I also cant wait to try out the one plus one phone.
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How you root it is just flash philz recovery in dev and then flash supersu. You can always flash back the stock recovery (look for my thread in dev)
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How you root it is just flash philz recovery in dev and then flash supersu. You can always flash back the stock recovery (look for my thread in dev)
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Thank you I will look for it now.
I'm interested in Sense camera as well. GPe one just doesn't cut it.
Sense camera will not work on gpe, no way to do it as it requires the sense framework.
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Per posts in other forums the M8 is running on sense framework, so unless that's not the case, that's not the reason.
Just like the title states, I was wondering if there is a Sense-based Rom with T-Mobile/CM11 Theming? I have CM11 on my Nexus 5 and I love it, but I like the Sense on my M8. So I was wondering if there is a Rom out there with both Sense and CM Theming.
My M8 Specs:
***Tampered***
***Unlocked***
S-On
HBoot-3.16.0.0000
Radio-1.16.21331931.LA24G
OpenDPS-(Not Giving it)
OS-(Blank)(Literally Blank... Don't Know Why)
eMMC-Boot 2048MB
May 8 2014, 21:19:27.0
I hope that helps someone...
Nope. Not that I know of. And your os being blank is a twrp bug.
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Nope. Not that I know of. And your os being blank is a twrp bug.
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Thank you. Now if you know, is it possible to install some CM-based Rom and then put Blinkfeed and some other Sense APKs like on these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2724842
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707720
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/themes-apps/port-blinkfeed-launcher-v11-dpi-fixed-t2705092
and not be somewhat buggy from I have been reading in those posts and others?
As you can probably tell, I am a noob to Customs Roms and related stuff...
Thank you again.
To be fair on you, I've been BEGGING for someone to theme sense in a similar manner to the detail and quality of some CM11 themes.
Not to insult those making themes for Sense ROMs, but some of them can look pretty amateur, especially ones with more vibrant colours in use.
This is actually one of the reasons I keep going back to AOSP, using a custom DPI plus some nice theming makes for a rather good looking handset.
HK Theme manager tried to get this working, but for the most part, it's just a fail.
Imagine a Sense ROM with the look and feel of the Flux theme. How good would that be.
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What's the difference, if anything, between the above M8 devices ?
Is the gpe just "basic" android and the Dev sense based ?
Thanks
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10rdan said:
What's the difference, if anything, between the above M8 devices ?
Is the gpe just "basic" android and the Dev sense based ?
Thanks
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You're correct. Having the gpe is better than having a Nexus in my opinion because of the added ability of the ir blaster and front facing speakers. You will also receive lollipop much sooner. However, you can just install a gpe rom on the sense version and be just as happy. No wrong decision with this device
OFFICIAL ANDROID 6.0 and SENSE 7 COMING IN 24 HOURS FOR ONE M8!
maybe this helps you guys with rom cooking if you guys need a back up of an M8 posted i will try to get you guys one.
@xXminiWHOOPERxX @firebird11 @z3freak
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OFFICIAL ANDROID 6.0 and SENSE 7 COMING IN 24 HOURS FOR ONE M8!
maybe this helps you guys with rom cooking [emoji14] if you guys need a back up of an M8 posted i will try to get you guys one.
@xXminiWHOOPERxX @firebird11 @z3freak
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Full Sense 7 Marshmallow.. I'll be aiming for sense 7g , its closer to stock Android.
Will post both though!!
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xXminiWHOOPERxX said:
Full Sense 7 Marshmallow.. I'll be aiming for sense 7g , its closer to stock Android.
Will post both though!!
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Gotta love our HTC MAMA Queen XxminiwhooperxX i am using both Insertcoin and 6.0 GPE as daily drivers. i like th eGPE, only that battery life is still sub par.
Excited and ready to be a lab rat for you roms when needed
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Full Sense 7 Marshmallow.. I'll be aiming for sense 7g , its closer to stock Android.
Will post both though!!
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I can't see any differences other than the quick settings and notification area. Is there anything else?
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Full Sense 7 Marshmallow.. I'll be aiming for sense 7g , its closer to stock Android.
Will post both though!!
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What is sense 7g?
modaifallah said:
What is sense 7g?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838 This
Several friends are reporting getting the OTA 6.0 update to their M8 international.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838 This
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Actually, the sense 7g looks too basic. If we want pure MM experience, we have the GPE port. I just want MM with full sense and I'm sure most of the rest want the same.
I could be happy with the GPE, it does fill a bit plain but that's it's charm. better battery life and to be able to save pics to microSD card, id be a happy camper. Sound quality is superb on the GPE. The camera is not as slow to focus like on Sense 5.0.1 as well.
I would love a sense MM rom as well but be happy both ways.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
EYE Can install this?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
EYE Can install this?
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xxminiwhooperxx sayd once she was working on a similar rom port. bt she is working on several roms at once. I am sure she will focus on it at some point. HEr latest Sense 7 MM port is VERY VERY GOOD.